An empirical examination of sourcing's role in developing manufacturing flexibilities

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 875-893

  Narasimhan, Ram ^a   Das, Ajay ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MANUFACTURING FLEXIBILITIES;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034628956     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075400189202     Document Type: Article

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