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Fit Manufacturing

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Lean Enterprise Software and Systems (LESS 2010)

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With the current global downturn, companies must develop innovative approaches to ensure that economic sustainability is achieved. This paper proposes a Fit Manufacturing Model (FMM) to help manufacturing companies to become economically sustainable and to operate effectively in a global competitive market. The FMM combines the principles of existing manufacturing paradigms with new and innovative management concepts to create a sustainable approach to manufacturing.

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  1. Manufacturing Engineering Centre, Cardiff University, CF24 3AA, UK

    Duc Truong Pham & P. T. N. Pham

  2. Newport Business School, University of Wales Newport, NP20 5DA

    Andrew J. Thomas

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Pham, D.T., Thomas, A.J., Pham, P.T.N. (2010). Fit Manufacturing. In: Abrahamsson, P., Oza, N. (eds) Lean Enterprise Software and Systems. LESS 2010. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 65. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16416-3_30

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