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Investigation of Visual Management Cases in Construction by an Analytical Framework from Manufacturing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Along with the progress of globalization, speed and efficiency have become more critical for any industry than ever before. In this sense, the concept and methods of lean management, promoting these performances, have been deployed from manufacturing ...
Katayama, H.   +6 more
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STATUS OF LEAN MANUFACTURING IMPLEMENTATION ON SECONDARY WOOD INDUSTRIES INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL, CABINET, MILLWORK, AND PANEL MARKETS

open access: yesBioResources, 2009
Lean Manufacturing has helped several industries to achieve operational and manufacturing excellence by increasing productivity and enhancing quality, while reducing waste and costs.
Adrian Pirraglia   +2 more
doaj  

The Remote Site Doctrine in Alaska [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
In recent years, software development has been evolving around an Agile way of working to optimize software development processes. Simultaneously in other industries, the Leanconcept have been adopted and used to make manufacturing and production of ...
Dahlman, Maria, Olsson, Ulrika
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Analysing the adoption of Lean production in remanufacturing industry

open access: yesJournal of Industrial Engineering and Management, 2018
Purpose: This paper aims to analyse the challenges of lean manufacturing implementation in the remanufacturing industry. The research was undertaken in three types of remanufacturing company, torque converter, gearbox, and jet engine remanufacturers ...
Anjar Priyono, Fazli Idris
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An integrated method for sustainable manufacturing systems design [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In the past decade, there has been an increasing awareness in development of sustainable manufacturing systems as governments in many countries have been enforcing ever-stricter environmental policies and regulations in industry by promoting energy ...
Bennett, Nick, Nujoom, Reda, Wang, Qian
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Automation from lean perspective-potentials and challenges [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The competitive climate of production and high labour cost, motivate western companies to use technologies like automation as a mean to increase manufacturing competitiveness.
Jackson, Mats, Zafarzadeh, Masoud
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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON EMPLOYEE’S PERCEPTION TOWARDS LEAN MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS [PDF]

open access: yesManagement & Marketing, 2012
Lean deals with generating more value for customers by eliminating factors that are merely considered waste. Lean Manufacturing is a systematic approach to identifying and eliminating waste through continuous improvement.
Rajesh Kumar MEHTA   +2 more
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Becoming a Lean University: the case of the University of St Andrews [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This article looks at how “lean” can be successfully introduced into a higher education setting by discussing what has become known as ‘The St Andrews Model’.
Robinson, Mark, Yorkstone, Steve
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A conceptual sustainable domain value stream mapping framework for manufacturing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Part of: Seliger, Günther (Ed.): Innovative solutions : proceedings / 11th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, Berlin, Germany, 23rd - 25th September, 2013. - Berlin: Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin, 2013. - ISBN 978-3-7983-2609-5 (online).
Kasava, Nithia Kumar   +2 more
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Scheduling of non-repetitive lean manufacturing systems under uncertainty using intelligent agent simulation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
World-class manufacturing paradigms emerge from specific types of manufacturing systems with which they remain associated until they are obsolete. Since its introduction the lean paradigm is almost exclusively implemented in repetitive manufacturing ...
Mousavi, A, Papadopoulou, T C
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