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Lean Production – Concept And Benefits

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  • Delia MANEA

    (Spiru Haret University, Brasov, Romania)

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This paper presents in a general manner the conceptof Lean Production and the benefits of its adoption. Lean production is a term met more and more nowadays, a strategy being in a continuous development, based on a set of principles and tools to achieve its objective: to eliminate waste in order to improve an enterprise’s performance

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  • Delia MANEA, 2013. "Lean Production – Concept And Benefits," Review of General Management, Spiru Haret University, Faculty of Management Brasov, vol. 17(1), pages 164-171, MAI.
    • Handle: RePEc:fmb:journl:v:17:y:2013:i:1:p:164-171
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    Keywords

    lean production; principles; tools; benefits;
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    • M11 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Production Management

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