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The purpose of this chapter is to provide the reader a series of important concepts that facilitate the comprehension of this book. We start with the concept and origins of lean manufacturing (LM), as well as its main tools used in the production lines. Then, we address Kaizen as of the foundations of the LM philosophy.
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García-Alcaraz, J.L., Oropesa-Vento, M., Maldonado-Macías, A.A. (2017). Kaizen and Lean Manufacturing. In: Kaizen Planning, Implementing and Controlling. Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47747-3_1
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