The goal of the article is to present a case study in rail maintenance. This case study describes the consequences of an organizational change (the implementation of lean production) on health at work and absenteeism. This organizational change was followed by a surge of MSDS and absenteeism....

This paper presents and discusses two case studies in the Portuguese motor vehicle industry – Salvador Caetano’s Ovar Industrial Division (SCOID), a ‘Brownfield site’ with minority Toyota ownership; and Autoeuropa, a ‘Greenfield site’ wholly owned by Volkswagen. Basically, it...

Teamwork in the automotive industry varies significantly from plant to plant. This article compares teamwork in four automobile plants in Germany and Britain, and addresses two questions: (1) Do different models of teamwork fit into a bi-polar model of teamwork, being either innovative or...

Рассмотрены преимущества использования интегральных показателей эффективности проектов и их особенности, связанные с оценкой внедрения инструментов...

L'objet de cet article est de montrer en quoi une méthode mixte permet d’analyser et de comprendre les effets de pratiques organisationnelles caractéristiques de la lean production, sur la satisfaction et la santé au travail et ce, dans le contexte français. Les résultats montrent que...

Статья посвящена совершенствованию производственных систем промышленных предприятий. Рассмотрены существующие стратегии совершенствования бизнес-процессов...

In the increasingly global marketplace, many manufacturers and service providers are applying lean manufacturing philosophy in order to optimize costs and quality gaining a competitive advantage. The paper summarises the advantages of application of lean philosophy in the manufacturing and...

The aim of this work is to present a new concept in accounting management: Lean Accounting. This work explains the way the lean concept was born; its benefits for the production system of the factories and the necessity of applying lean accounting in the factories which have implemented lean...