TY  - JOUR
AB  - Develops a model which operationalizes the different principles in lean production, with a focus on those that concern the work organization in the manufacturing part of a company. The model has been developed using available theory and has also been tried out in a clinical field study. The model has implications both for research and practice. For research, it can be used as a model for operationalizing lean production to be able to study change processes properly. In practice, the model can be used as a tool to assess the development taking place in an effort to become lean. Finally, it can be used as a checklist for what to aim at when trying to implement lean production. Lean should be seen as a direction, rather than as a state to be reached after a certain time and, therefore, the focus lies on the changes in the determinants, not on their actual values.
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
SN  - 0144-3577
DO  - 10.1108/01443579610109820
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579610109820
AU  - Karlsson Christer
AU  - Åhlström Pär
PY  - 1996
Y1  - 1996/01/01
TI  - Assessing changes towards lean production
T2  - International Journal of Operations & Production Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 24
EP  - 41
Y2  - 2024/09/22
ER  -