Lean Construction Management The Toyota Way /

The book presents a mixed research method adopted to assess and present the Toyota Way practices within construction firms in general and for firms in China specifically. The results of an extensive structured questionnaire survey based on the Toyota Way-styled attributes identified were developed,...

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Autor principal: Gao, Shang
Otros Autores: Low, Sui Pheng
Formato: Libro electrónico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-014-8
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Production Management -- Lean Production and Construction -- The Toyota Way -- Theoretical and Conceptual Framework -- Chinaâ_Ts Construction Industry -- Research Methodology -- Survey Data Analysis -- Interview Findings -- Case Study -- Discussion and Validation -- Conclusions. 
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