What is agility?

Manufacturing Engineer

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-31

  Could, Peter ^a  

^a IEE Working Party Next Generation M ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRODUCTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

AGILE MANUFACTURING; AGILITY MOVEMENT; CORE COMPETENCES; FRACTAL FACTORY;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0031070459     PISSN: 09569944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/me:19970113     Document Type: Article

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