Lean manufacturing: context, practice bundles, and performance
Rachna Shah,Peter T. Ward +1 more
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In this paper, the effects of three contextual factors, plant size, plant age and unionization status, on the likelihood of implementing 22 manufacturing practices that are key facets of lean production systems are examined.About:
This article is published in Journal of Operations Management.The article was published on 2003-03-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2576 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Lean project management & Lean accounting.read more
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Lean eco-efficient innovation in operations through the maintenance organisation
Peter Ball,Peter Lunt +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the evolution of an energy efficiency program into a program across 11 sites in a lean supply chain supported by maintenance is presented, showing how to embed eco-efficiency innovativeness into innovation-led lean operations through maintenance, overcome barriers to implementation and support others through a community of experts.
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Production Leveling as an Effective Method for Production Flow Control – Experience of Polish Enterprises
TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive analysis of the literature on defining production leveling and the methodology for its implementation is presented, and the successive steps in implementing the production leveling in the enterprise are described.
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Approach of the Two-way Influence Between Lean and Green Manufacturing and its Connection to Related Organisational Areas
TL;DR: The potential two-way influence between Lean and Green Manufacturing and its role on the main organisational areas with a closer relationship to such approaches was observed to be more extensively discussed in the literature.
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Relationship between continuous improvement and innovation performance: an empirical study in Brazilian manufacturing companies
TL;DR: The continuous improvement programs and innovation have been stimulated and widely deployed due to the importance to the competitiveness of the organisations, being subjects of interest in several... as mentioned in this paper. But the continuous improvement program and innovation has been widely deployed in many organizations.
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Lean, Six Sigma and its influence on potential and realized absorptive capacity
TL;DR: The analysis reveals the combination of Lean Six Sigma practices that are required in managing PACAP and RACAP differentially as they exert differential outcomes.
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