Linking improvement models to manufacturing strategies - A methodology for SMEs and other enterprises

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2675-2695

  Barad, Miryam ^a   Gien, Denis ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SAMPLING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUE; PRODUCT QUALITY; SMALL MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES; STRATEGIC MANUFACTURING;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0035883112     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075400110051824     Document Type: Article

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