International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM)

International Journal of Technology Management

2012 Vol.57 No.1/2/3

Special Issue on Lean Principles in Manufacturing, Service and Public Sectors

Guest Editors: Dr. W. Klingenberg and Professor C. Hicks

Special Issue on Lean Principles in Manufacturing, Service and Public Sectors

Guest Editors: Dr. W. Klingenberg and Professor C. Hicks

Editorial: Pervasive use of the lean principles in production, services and product development

Pages Title and author(s)
4-17Implementing lean in surgery – lessons and implications
Kasper Edwards; Anders Paarup Nielsen; Peter Jacobsen
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.043948
18-32When Lean and Six Sigma converge: a case study of a successful implementation of Lean Six Sigma at an aerospace company
Asli Yagmur Akbulut-Bailey; Jaideep Motwani; Everett M. Smedley
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.043949
33-48A comparative analysis of management accounting systems' impact on lean implementation
Xueping Li; Rapinder Sawhney; Eric John Arendt; Karuppuchamy Ramasamy
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.043950
49-70Improving high variable-low volume operations: an exploration into the lean product development
Hassan Qudrat-Ullah; Baek Seo Seong; Brian L. Mills
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.043951
71-91Lean product development – enabling management factors for waste elimination
Anja Schulze; Thorsten Störmer
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.043952
92-109The application of lean principles and its effects in technology development
Daniel Gerhard; Sebastian Engel; Christian Scheiner; Kai-Ingo Voigt
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.043953
110-131Impact of product platforms on lean production systems: evidence from industrial machinery manufacturing
Alex Alblas; Hans Wortmann
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.043954
132-148Impact of use of information technology on lean production adoption: evidence from the automotive industry
José Moyano-Fuentes; Pedro José Martínez-Jurado; Juan Manuel Maqueira-Marín; Sebastián Bruque-Cámara
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.043955
149-165The SoS approach for lean manufacturing systems
Arianna Alfieri; Marco Cantamessa; Francesca Montagna
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.043956

Additional Papers

166-184Implementation of product strategy with differentiated standards
Youngwon Park; Paul Hong; Gyewan Moon
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.043926
185-200Towards sustainable competitive advantage by the innovation for the product value recovery: an empirical study in Spanish industrial companies
Jesús Ángel Del Brío; Beatriz Junquera
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2012.043957