Implementation of just-in-time in a small company: A case study

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 406-412

  Gunasekaran, A ^a   Lyu, J ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case study; Future research; JIT implementation; SMEs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SME);

JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION;

EID: 0031165161     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372897235217     Document Type: Article

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