How to Cut Manufacturing Throughput Time
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چکیده
Manufacturing firms are facing an environment where success depends on quick response to customer demands. Despite important contributions by Blackburn (1991) and Stalk and Hout (1990), we lack large-scale, empirical evidence that time-based manufacturing practices can reduce throughput time. More importantly, we lack an understanding of which practices are vital in achieving throughput time reductions and what management actions are critical to achieve high levels of these practices.
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