Carlsson, Inga-Lill; Aronsson, Håkan - In: Journal of industrial engineering and management : JIEM 10 (2017) 1, pp. 28-48
Purpose: This paper describes the perceived effects of implementing lean production in a Swedish SME contract …/methodology/approach: SME suppliers need basic capabilities of qualitative production performance which may then be stepping-stones to develop … flexibility. This is a longitudinal single case study of a SME supplier striving to become a system supplier. Two main sources of …