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Showing 1 to 20 of 1547 for “"Lean"”.
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Lean Accounting Comes to Lean Software Development
I argue that lean software development firms become more productive if they adopt and align lean managerial accounting systems with lean software development processes. I conduct two experiments on retraining and coaching of software development teams that have used lean and agile software …
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Lean To
A collection of poems.
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Exploratory study of lean construction : assessment of lean implementation
Since Lean Construction has been introduced as a new management approach to improve productivity in the construction industry, much research is in progress to develop lean concepts and principles for better implementation and to get results of the successful adaptation of lean ideas from …
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Lean Transformations in Supply Chain, the autocatalytic nature of lean principles, and tactics for implementing lean tools
Expanding Lean principles beyond the manufacturing floor, ultimately to entail a comprehensive Lean Enterprise, has gained increasing attention among corporations. This thesis entails a detailed case study of initiating a Lean Transformation in the Supply Chain department of a technology center for …
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Lean technology development
… This thesis will explore the extent to which Lean principles can be applied in technology development and how they can contribute to achieving new technology development imperatives (fast cycle time, increasing number of technology introductions, etc.). In order to answer these questions, the …
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Lean Cabin - Icelandair : hver var árangur Icelandair á innleiðingu Lean Cabin?
… þrjú af fjórum í sinni innleiðingu. Starfsmenn Lean cabin eru ánægðir með þá vinnu sem hefur verið gerð og vilja sjá áframhaldandi vinnu í anda Lean cabin. Markmið sem Icelandair setti sér í byrjun hafa náðst. Spurningakönnun sem sett var fram af Icelandair og sýndu niðurstöður að aðeins brot af …
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Beyond the lean startup : applying the lean startup methodology in established firms
The lean startup methodology has been successfully applied to product development at startup companies, however many of its principles may also be of benefit to established firms. The purpose of this research was to explore the benefits of the lean startup methodology in established organizations. …
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Empirical Investigation of Lean Management and Lean Six Sigma Success in Local Government Organizations
Lean Management and Lean Six Sigma (LM/LSS) are improvement methodologies that have been utilized to achieve better performance outcomes at organizational and operational levels. Although there has been evidence of breakthrough improvement across diverse organizational settings, LM/LSS remains an …
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Lean Implementation and the Role of Lean Accounting in the Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Industry
Implementing Lean in the United States transportation equipment manufacturing industry holds the promise for improvements in, among other things, productivity, quality, and innovation, resulting in more competitive success and profits. Although Lean has been applied throughout the industry with …
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Performance measures for lean manufacturing
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; and, (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1998.
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Construction crew design : a lean approach
CONTRUCTION CREW DESIN: A LEAN APPROACHByNaveen NerwalConstruction work is executed by a variety of speciality trades, using group of workers commonly known as crews. Performance of these crews is very crucial to the work being executed and consequently for the overall project performance. Yet …
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Computer-Simulation-Assisted Lean Manufacturing Training
… of using computer simulation to aid existing lean manufacturing training methods such as lecture and live simulation. An investigation of this possibility was carried out in conjunction with UMEP's Lean 101 class. In the study, two experimental computer simulation models demonstrating the push …
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Lean Premixed Prevaporised Combustion for Microturbines
… strategy to meet these requirements is the lean premixed prevaporised (LPP) concept. Thus, this thesis explores the fuel flexibility, flame stability, structures, gas emissions, and droplet behaviour in LPP combustion at conditions relevant for microturbines. The first part of the thesis …
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Lean aerospace initiative electronic sector study
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2000.
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Reducing shipment variability through lean leveling
… customer shipment profile based on the lean leveling principle reduce variability and enable improvements in transportation cost, service level and cash (i.e. reduce working capital tied up in inventory)?" In academic literature, lean principles have been applied extensively in …
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Lean transformation in aerospace assembly operations
… have adopted or are in the process of adopting lean manufacturing. Globalization has resulted in the increased availability of reliable, low cost sources putting greater pressures on traditional US manufacturing companies to reduce costs. The need to successfully transform to lean has only grown …
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