Lean practice and performance management.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heap, John, author.

Burgess, Thomas, author.

Series:

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management: Volume 63, Issue 5

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 1741-0401 ; Volume 63 Number 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial management.

Production management.

Total quality management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 p.)

Place of Publication:

[Bradford, England] : Emerald, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This ebook presents a snap shot of where we are with respect to the practice of lean. It presents seven papers, i.e. five standard and two reflective practice papers, which cover a diverse terrain. The ebook covers traditional topics such as lean manufacturing and shows, that in some parts of the globe - for example the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), lean is still making new converts in manufacturing. But it also shows that lean is colonising other territories, such as the service sector and the public sector, in both developed and emerging economies. As befits the mission o

Contents:

Cover; Editoriala dvisory board; Editorial; Performance evaluation of lean manufacturing implementationin Brazil; Wider applications for Lean; Development of lean manufacturing implementation drivers for Indian ceramic industry; Lean supply chain performance measurement; Application of Lean Six Sigma methodology in the registration process of a hospital; Lean machine manufacturing at Munjal Showa limited; Lean Six Sigma and marketing:a missed opportunity

Notes:

"The official journal of the World Conference of Productivity Science."

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 12, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78441-243-0

OCLC:

885122613