Manufacturing flexibility at the plant level

Omega

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 495-510

  Boyer, Kenneth K ^a   Leong, G Keong ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DePaul University ^*

Author keywords

Manufacturing flexibility; Product changeover; Strategy

Indexed keywords

MODEL AUTOMOBILES; MACHINERY;

CAR MODELS; EXCESS CAPACITY; MACHINE FLEXIBILITY; MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITY; MANUFACTURING PLANT; PLANT LEVEL; PROCESS FLEXIBILITY; PRODUCT CHANGEOVERS; STRATEGY; VARIABLE DEMANDS; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; DEMAND(CONTRACT); FIRM STRATEGY; FLEXIBILITY; FLUCTUATIONS; MARKETING POLICY; MULTIPLE PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION UNIT; VARIABLE;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0030251034     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0483(96)82815-5     Document Type: Article

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