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Volume 7, Issue 1
1 February 1994
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Logistics Information Management
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Review Article| February 01 1994

UK Logistics – Turning Japanese?

Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7948
Print ISSN: 0957-6053
© Company
1994
Logistics Information Management (1994) 7 (1): 14–16.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09576059410052331

Examines Japanese kaizen thinking on continuous improvement techniques in the manufacturing and logistics industry. Summarizes findings from a study group visit to Japan. Highlights reasons why UK industry should examine these techniques.

Keywords: Japan, Kaizen, Logistics
© Company
1994
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