Home›Articles›The Ninety-Plant Survey Behind the Term Lean ProductionArticleThe Ninety-Plant Survey Behind the Term Lean ProductionArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnJohn Krafcik, Engineers Well-attested SourcesJohn Krafcik (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationCareer sectionQuote, Career sectionHe worked in the International Motor Vehicle Program at MIT as a lean production researcher and consultant from 1986 to 1990. During this time, Krafcik traveled and studied 90 manufacturing plants in 20 countries, comparing their productivity and quality.View the SourceAtlas Article Vocabularytier 1AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.