Oliver, Nick; Delbridge, Rick; Lowe, Jim - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 16 (1996) 11, pp. 85-97
Reports the findings of a study into manufacturing performance and practice in 71 auto components plants in eight … countries. Documents the performance differences between plants in different countries, and tests the extent to which lean … production principles explain variations in performance. As a group, European plants trailed the USA and Japan on productivity …