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Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing is a production management system that eliminates non-value-adding activities and waste to maximize customer value and operational efficiency through continuous process improvement.

3.9K

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254.3K

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7.5K

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Zero defections: quality comes to services.

Frederick F. Reichheld, W. Earl Sasser · PubMed · 1990 · 5.3K citations

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Lean manufacturing: context, practice bundles, and performance

Rachna Shah, Peter T. Ward · Journal of Operations Management · 2002 · 2.9K citations

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Relationships between operational practices and performance among early adopters of green supply chain management practices in Chinese manufacturing enterprises

Qinghua Zhu, Joseph Sarkis · Journal of Operations Management · 2004 · 2.6K citations

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Defining and developing measures of lean production

Rachna Shah, Peter T. Ward · Journal of Operations Management · 2007 · 2.3K citations

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Sustainable Operations Management

Paul R. Kleindorfer, Kalyan Singhal, Luk N. VanWassenhove · Production and Operations Management · 2005 · 1.7K citations

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Authors

7.5K

  1. GL
    Guilherme Luz Tortorella

    Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

    57 publications · 3.7K citations

    36

    h-index

  2. JA
    Jose Arturo Garza‐Reyes

    University of Derby, United Kingdom

    47 publications · 4.6K citations

    36

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  3. JA
    Jiju Antony

    Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

    53 publications · 3.7K citations

    35

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  4. SV
    S. Vinodh

    National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India

    31 publications · 2.1K citations

    24

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  5. FS
    F.J.G. Silva

    Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Portugal

    22 publications · 1.2K citations

    21

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Institutions

2.3K

  1. Cardiff University

    Cardiff, United Kingdom

    42 h-index

    94 publications

    15.1K citations

  2. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

    Florianópolis, Brazil

    38 h-index

    121 publications

    7.6K citations

  3. University of Derby

    Derby, United Kingdom

    36 h-index

    61 publications

    5.4K citations

  4. Politecnico di Milano

    Milan, Italy

    34 h-index

    112 publications

    8.4K citations

  5. Cranfield University

    Cranfield, United Kingdom

    32 h-index

    122 publications

    11.3K citations

  6. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

    Porto Alegre, Brazil

    30 h-index

    83 publications

    6.2K citations

  7. Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

    Pilāni, India

    29 h-index

    73 publications

    6.7K citations

  8. National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli

    Tiruchchirappalli, India

    27 h-index

    91 publications

    5.3K citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Production Research

    133 publications · 16.4K citations

    70

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  2. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

    119 publications · 11.2K citations

    61

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  3. International Journal of Operations & Production Management

    IJOPM · 96 publications · 13.7K citations

    57

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  4. Production Planning & Control

    112 publications · 9K citations

    55

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  5. Journal of Cleaner Production

    71 publications · 9.5K citations

    54

    h-index

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See also

Lean Manufacturing

Core Methods

Core Principles

Waste Types

Performance Metrics

Implementation Barriers