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Having carried out multiple lean flow implementations across every type of industry, we have developed several guidelines that will prove invaluable for each and every implementation. These considerations based on experience will provide the implementation teams with points to focus on and the many traps to avoid during the implementation phases. All implementations will involve significant and often radical changes to the production processes and facilities.
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Tsigkas, A.C. (2013). Successful Implementation. In: The Lean Enterprise. Springer Texts in Business and Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29402-0_7
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