Lean philosophy and its applications in the service industry: a review of the current knowledge

This article presents an in-depth bibliographic study about the creation, principles, evolution, and practices of the lean philosophy oriented to the services sector. More than 70 papers about “lean thinking” – specially with focus on services – have been carefully reviewed. It presents the principl...

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Main Authors: Higor dos Reis Leite, Guilherme Ernani Vieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção (ABEPRO) 2015-09-01
Series:Production
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-65132015000300529&lng=en&tlng=en