Manufacturing operations and strategic flexibility: Survey and cases

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-30

  Beach, Roger ^a   Muhlemann, Alan P ^a   Price, David H R ^b   Paterson, Andrew ^b   Sharp, John A ^b  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Canterbury   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; Flexibility; Manufacturing strategy; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034423981     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570010301056     Document Type: Article

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