1. Lean Manufacturing : Issues and Perspectives.
- Author
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THANKI, S. J. and THAKKAR, Jitesh
- Subjects
LEAN management ,MANUFACTURING processes ,PRODUCTION control ,QUALITY control standards ,PRODUCTION engineering - Abstract
Increasing awareness of the benefits attained by application of lean principles has led many industries to incorporate lean philosophy and its tools and techniques. The basic premise of this article is to acknowledge the various issues with respect to lean implementation and explore the diverse views of lean manufacturing available in the literature. Key issues for the successful implementation of lean principles are presented and a lean implementation framework, "Tree of lean implementation," is proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2012