The diffusion of lean production technology within manufacturing industry in West Lothian, Scotland
This thesis considers the nature and form of lean production from three angles: prevailing institutional arrangements, as a holistic system and as a series of production techniques. In each case, it identifies social, value, and technical characteristics constructing a synthetic theory of lean produ...
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University of Edinburgh
2002
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.653420 |