Browsing Faculty of Engineering by Subject "Lean manufacturing"

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    • The South African perspective on the lean manufacturing Respect for People principles 

      Coetzee, Rojanette; Jonker, Cara; Van Dyk, Liezl; Van der Merwe, Karl (AOSIS, 2019)
      Orientation: Many industries have adopted the popular continuous improvement (CI) approach, lean manufacturing, to facilitate CI initiatives. However, several studies have confirmed that the low success rate of lean ...

    • Towards addressing respect for people during lean implementation 

      Coetzee, Rojanette; Van Dyk, Liezl; Van der Merwe, Karl Robert (Emerald, 2019)
      Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate, report and interpret the true, original meaning of the ToyotaWay Respect for People (RFP) principles as intended by their creators. Design/methodology/approach – The ...