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Int. J. Production Economics 107 (2007) 223–236 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijpe
Analyzing the benefits of lean manufacturing and value stream mapping via simulation: A process sector case study
Fawaz A. Abdulmaleka, Jayant Rajgopalb,Ã
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Industrial and Management Systems Engineering Department, Kuwait University, Kuwait Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA Received 1 November 2005; accepted 1 September 2006 Available online