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The lean enterprise and traditional accounting—Is the honeymoon over?
Author(s) -
Kennedy Frances A.,
Brewer Peter C.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.20234
Subject(s) - accounting , business , honeymoon , accounting information system , transition (genetics) , lean manufacturing , marketing , political science , law , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
This article describes a Fortune 500 company's transition from mass to lean production and how it transformed its accounting information systems to support this change. It points out some of the limitations of traditional accounting practices that emerged as a result of its lean transition and six keys to the company's successful transition to lean accounting. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.