How improvement programmes of manufacturing are selected the role of strategic priorities and past experience

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 772-791

  Cagliano, Raffaella ^a   Spina, Gianluca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Improvement; Manufacturing strategy; Metals industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034392313     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570010330748     Document Type: Article

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