Operational competitive requirements for the twenty-first century

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-86

  Willis, T Hillman ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; MARKETING; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

CUSTOMER ORDER PROCESSING;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031654332     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635579810207717     Document Type: Article

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