Special issue: Lean manufacturing

International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing 1(3) 2010

• Lean manufacturing in the screw cutting sector: assessment of maturity level
• A double neural network approach for the automated detection of quality control chart patterns
• Quantifying lean construction effects: a discrete system simulation approach
• A conceptual framework to excogitate agile from lean transformation
• Scope for lean implementation: a survey of 127 Indian industries
• A robust optimisation approach for the milk run problem with time windows with inventory uncertainty: an auto industry supply chain case study
• Creating lean suppliers: an empirical study of adopting lean manufacturing in supply chains
• New approaches for online visual inspection of products with multiple-characteristics and known tolerances