Leaning towards cells

Magazine Article, Source : The Manufacturer US

Many lean implementations in the US do not focus on the worker side of the equation. Ruari McCallion says that may be why Japanese productivity levels are so much higher than ours.

Research presented at the European Operations Management Association’s annual conference in Copenhagen in June by Professor Nick Oliver of the University of Cambridge, England, had some startling findings. Between 1994 and 2000, productivity in...

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