Is Lean Production Really Lean? The Design of a Lean Production System

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Is Lean Production Really Lean? The Design of a Lean Production System. / Reese, Joachim.
Industrielles Management: Beschaffung - Produktion - Qualität - Innovation - Umwelt Reader zur Industriebetriebslehre. ed. / Horst Albach. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag, 1993. p. 120-139.

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Harvard

Reese, J 1993, Is Lean Production Really Lean? The Design of a Lean Production System. in H Albach (ed.), Industrielles Management: Beschaffung - Produktion - Qualität - Innovation - Umwelt Reader zur Industriebetriebslehre. Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden, pp. 120-139. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-02130-8_7

APA

Reese, J. (1993). Is Lean Production Really Lean? The Design of a Lean Production System. In H. Albach (Ed.), Industrielles Management: Beschaffung - Produktion - Qualität - Innovation - Umwelt Reader zur Industriebetriebslehre (pp. 120-139). Gabler Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-02130-8_7

Vancouver

Reese J. Is Lean Production Really Lean? The Design of a Lean Production System. In Albach H, editor, Industrielles Management: Beschaffung - Produktion - Qualität - Innovation - Umwelt Reader zur Industriebetriebslehre. Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag. 1993. p. 120-139 doi: 10.1007/978-3-663-02130-8_7

Bibtex

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