Kaizen costing : extending NPD process to suppliers

Kaizen Costing (KC) involves several procedures that allow costs to be reduced through continuous improvements during the production phase of the product life cycle. Internal and external collaborators, i.e. employees and suppliers are involved in this process. KC expands the cost management philoso...

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Main Author: Santos, António Carlos Pereira dos (author)
Other Authors: Nunes, Manuel L. (author), Afonso, Paulo (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/18366
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/18366