The impact of market requirements focus and manufacturing characteristics focus on plant performance

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 161-180

  Bozarth, Cecil ^a   Edwards, Steve ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Focused factory; Marketing operations interface; Operation strategy

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

OPERATION STRATEGY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031195489     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6963(97)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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