This paper investigates the effect of freight transport time savings (FTTS) on the performance of transport consuming … FTTS is sensitive to the type of the reaction and its time profile. …

dissertation analyzes the dynamic impacts of lead time reduction (LTR) improvements on customer satisfaction and related financial … covers operational, customer-oriented and financial performance dependencies over time. The framework is demonstrated through … two empirical industrial cases. <br>Effective reduction of lead time is possible through understanding the relationship …

This book covers the strategic use of continuous improvement (CI) techniques for manufacturing performance improvement …. It focuses primarily on strategies that can be adopted by small and middle-sized enterprises in manufacturing in order to … the Indian manufacturing industry, and to also assess the role of key enablers leading to improve the performance of …