Lean Manufacturing in the Developing World

Download or read book Lean Manufacturing in the Developing World written by Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents some definitions and concepts applied in Latin America on lean manufacturing (LM), the LM tools most widely used and human and cultural aspects that most matter in this field. The book contains a total of 14 tools used and reported by authors from different countries in Latin America, with definition, timeline with related research, benefits that have been reported in literature and case studies implemented in Latin American companies. Finally, the book presents a list of softwares available to facilitate the tools' implementation, monitoring and improvement.