The flexible landscape: A model for explaining operational mix and volume flexibility

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 735-744

  Skarlo, Terje ^a  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Learning; Mix flexibility; Model; Production management; Volume flexibility

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; SPREADSHEETS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VISUALIZATION;

MIX FLEXIBILITY; VOLUME FLEXIBILITY;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033343694     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372899232560     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Carlsson, B., 1989, Flexibility and the theory of the hrm. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 7: 179-203.
2. Dettmer, H. W., 1997, Goldratts Theory of Constraints (Milwaukee: ASQC Quality Press).
3. Greene, J. H., 1997, Production and Inventory Control Handbook (New York: McGraw Hill).
4. Hayes, R. H., and Pisano, G. P., 1994, Beyond world-class: the new manufacturing strategy. Harvard Business Review, January-February: 77-86.
5. Lau, R. S. M., 1996, Strategic flexibility: a new reality for world-class manufacturing. SAM Advanced Management Journal, spring: 11-15.
6. Sehti, A. K., and Sehti, S. P., 1990, Flexibility in manufacturing: a survey. International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, 2: 289-328.
7. Suarez, F. F., Cusuamano, M. A., and Fine, C. H., 1995, An empirical study of flexibility in manufacturing. Sloan Management Review, fall, 25-32.
8. Upton, D. M., 1994, The management of manufacturing flexibility. California Management Review, winter, 72-89.
9. Upton, D. M., 1995, What really makes factories flexible? Harvard Business Review, July-August, 74-84.