...Shams Rahman; Tritos Laosirihongthong; Amrik S. Sohal Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which lean management practices are adopted by manufacturing organizations in Thailand and their impact on firms' operational performance. Design/methodology/approach Using...

... at Advance Agro, PCL, Thailand, a pulp and paper manufacturer. The sheeting operation is one of the most critical operations. The redesigned sheeting operation resulted in setup time reduction. This was carried out by studying the process map, data analysis, and simulation of the redesigned operation (using...

..., in the middle of 1997, the ASEAN bubble economy started to collapse after devaluation of the baht. In this paper the current status and future direction of Japanese manufacturers in Thailand are discussed through facts investigations and a survey execution. The results from this investigation indicate...