Operations and Supply Chain Management 9th edition
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Author: Roberta S. Russell, Bernard W. Taylor III
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Chapter 16, Problem 27Q
Summary Introduction
To identify: Type of environment where lean production is most successful
Lean production refers to the approach of the management aiming to cost-cutting by providing quality products to the customer by an efficient handling of input. In this approach, the management does not add any value-added thing to the production product and tried to eliminate or minimize the additional cost such as holding cost, transportation cost, stocks, and overproduction.
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