Work force management practices for manufacturing flexibility

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-39

  Kathuria, Ravi ^a   Partovi, Fariborz Y ^b  

^a Erivan K Haub Sch Bus St J   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONTINGENCY MODELS; WORK FORCE MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033283859     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6963(99)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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