Global manufacturing: A review and a framework for planning in a global corporation

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-19

  Pontrandolfo, P ^a   Okogbaa, O G ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

GLOBAL MANUFACTURING PLANNING (GMP); MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS (MNC);

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032784016     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499191887     Document Type: Article

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