Cycles of lean: Findings from the leanness studies--part 1

Improving leanness should show up as quicker response times, better quality, lower costs-and, prominently, rising inventory turnover. Yet research involving more than 1,500 global companies finds long-term value-chain inventory turns falling, rising, falling, etc., in multiyear cycles with nearly al...

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Published in:Management accounting quarterly 2016-06, Vol.17 (4), p.21
Main Author: Schonberger, Richard J
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Analysis
Annual reports
Business cycles
Business logistics
Costs
Decision making
Flow velocity
Forecasts and trends
Interest rates
Inventory
Inventory control
Management decisions
Manufacturers
Manufacturing
Methods
Reshoring
Stock exchanges
Supply chains
Trends
Turnover
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Inventory
Inventory control
Management decisions
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Methods
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Stock exchanges
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Turnover
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