Managers' perceptions of flexibility in manufacturing: A study in the Swedish engineering industry

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 22-33

  Nordahl, Håkan ^a   Nilsson, Carl Henric ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

ENGINEERING INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY; RESEARCHERS; SWEDEN;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0029748789     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576069610125076     Document Type: Article

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