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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Competitive Priorities, Plant Improvement and Innovation Capabilities, and Operational Performance: A Test of Two Forms of Fit
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Bundling digitized logistics activities and its performance implications
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Selection of lean manufacturing systems using the analytic network process – a case study
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TL;DR: In this article, a case study of a medium-sized valve manufacturer is presented, in which the decision of implementing lean manufacturing is made by analyzing the capabilities, practices, tools and techniques of alternative manufacturing systems apart from understanding its effect on the decision areas of the operations department.
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Lean Maturity, Lean Sustainability
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the impact of two organizational antecedents, (1) Six Sigma resources (technical) and (2) team psychological safety (social), on learning behavior and knowledge creation and, in turn, on the success of Six Sigma process improvement projects.
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