The manufacturing strategy process: Incorporating a learning perspective

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 148-155

  Mills, John ^a   Neely, Andy ^a   Platts, Ken ^a   Richards, Huw ^a   Gregory, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; GRAPH THEORY; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

MANUFACTURING STRATEGY PROCESS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 0031628783     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576069810210330     Document Type: Article

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