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A multi-case investigation into the effectiveness of shop floor improvement teams at South African manufacturers
Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-190).
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2014
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| author | Grütter, Anton Wilhelm |
| author2 | Ryan, Tom |
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| description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-190). |
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| institution | University of Cape Town (South Africa) |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5537 A multi-case investigation into the effectiveness of shop floor improvement teams at South African manufacturers Grütter, Anton Wilhelm Ryan, Tom Field, Joy Mechanical Engineering Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-190). This research was prompted by the apparent contradiction between the popularity of contemporary approaches to manufacturing (CMAs), such as total quality management, just-in-time, and lean production, and the empirical research evidence which indicates that few of these programmes result in demonstrable operational performance improvement 2014-07-31T11:21:59Z 2014-07-31T11:21:59Z 2007 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5537 eng application/pdf Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering Grütter, Anton Wilhelm A multi-case investigation into the effectiveness of shop floor improvement teams at South African manufacturers |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | A multi-case investigation into the effectiveness of shop floor improvement teams at South African manufacturers |
| title_full | A multi-case investigation into the effectiveness of shop floor improvement teams at South African manufacturers |
| title_fullStr | A multi-case investigation into the effectiveness of shop floor improvement teams at South African manufacturers |
| title_full_unstemmed | A multi-case investigation into the effectiveness of shop floor improvement teams at South African manufacturers |
| title_short | A multi-case investigation into the effectiveness of shop floor improvement teams at South African manufacturers |
| title_sort | multi case investigation into the effectiveness of shop floor improvement teams at south african manufacturers |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5537 |
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