The justification and monitoring of advanced manufacturing technology: An empirical study of 21 installations of flexible manufacturing systems

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-118

  Lee, Bill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technology; Flexible manufacturing systems; Investment appraisals; Monitoring of direct costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030094295     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mare.1996.0005     Document Type: Article

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