Learning strategies and CI: Lessons from several small to medium Australian manufacturers

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 428-436

  Hyland, Paul ^a   Mellor, Robert ^a   Sloan, Terry ^a   O'Mara, Eddie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Learning; Manufacturing; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006736143     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060010345914     Document Type: Article

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