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Applying Toyota production systemprinciples and tools at the Ghent University hospital [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
For the last decades many organizations started using Lean as their major business strategy for organizing and improving their operational activities. Results in manufacturing have been very good, but nowadays also service and office environments start ...
Lambert, Jo, Van Goubergen, Dirk
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Lean and Virginia's wood industry - Part I: Awareness and implementation [PDF]

open access: yesBioResources, 2012
During the most recent decades the U.S. wood products and furniture manufacturing industries have been greatly affected by economic cycles, rising production and transportation costs, changing buyer habits, and, arguably most powerfully, increasing ...
Christian F. Fricke, Urs Buehlmann
doaj  

The Hybrid Lean System to Improve Manufacturing Environment

open access: yesMATEC Web of Conferences, 2017
Lean manufacturing is a systematic approch could increase manufacturing competitiveness by identifying and elminating waste through lean tools. However, these tools are often categorized into different groups, continues to be difficult for companies to ...
Ahmad Ahmad Nur Aizat   +5 more
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Parallel pull flow: A new lean production design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This case study is #2 in a series of studies that relate specifically to the development and application of lean manufacturing techniques for the furniture and wood component supplying industries.
Bullard, Steven H   +3 more
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Inclusive tool to assess lean manufacturing maturity and its relationship with the size or location of the company in Greater Montreal, Canada

open access: yesCogent Engineering
Manufacturing companies operate in aggressive environments and require high productivity for survival. This study examined the implementation status of lean manufacturing practices in a sample of Greater Montreal’s industries by assessing maturity levels
Didérot Déraillet Tadja   +5 more
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Lean principles applied to software development – avoiding waste [PDF]

open access: yes
Under the current economic conditions many organizations strive to continue the trend towards adopting better software development processes, in order to take advantage of the numerous benefits that these can offer.
BRUDARU Paul, Naftanaila Ionel
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The Double-D cell for assembling hardware in upholstered furniture production [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
This is the first case study in a series of studies that relate specifically to the development and application of lean manufacturing techniques of furniture and wood component supplying industries.
Bullard, Steven H   +3 more
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Lean manufacturing implementation in food and beverage SMEs in Tanzania: using structural equation modelling (SEM)

open access: yesManagement System Engineering
Currently globally industries are increasingly adopting lean production methods to enhance operational efficiency and overall business performance. Lean tools, which significantly reduce waste, are particularly beneficial for small and medium enterprises
Juma M. Matindana, Mary J. Shoshiwa
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An empirical analysis of lean six sigma implementation in SMEs – A migratory perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the migratory nature of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) implementation in manufacturing based SMEs in the UK. The companies were surveyed at two points over a five year period. These periods were before and after the 2008
Byard, Paul   +3 more
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Penerapan Lean Manufacturing untuk Meminimize Waste pada Proses Perakitan Plastic Box 260 Menggunakan Metode Vsm [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
PT. X merupakan salah satu Perusahaan industri manufaktur yang bergerak dalam pembuatan produk militer dengan produk yang dihasilkan adalah plastic box 260. Pada proses perakitan masih ditemukan beberapa waste yang terjadi.
Ratlalan, R. M. (Roberth)   +2 more
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