Lean manufacturing, leadership and employees: the case of UAE SME manufacturing companies
Successful lean implementation to SMEs poses great challenges. Although lean principles, tools and strategies for implementation are widely known and well documented, companies still struggle. In the present paper, the challenges for the SMEs in their lean journey are discussed, focusing on leadersh...
Main Authors: | Mudhafar Alefari, Mohammed Almanei, Konstantinos Salonitis |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2020-01-01
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Series: | Production and Manufacturing Research: An Open Access Journal |
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21693277.2020.1781704 |
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