Rethinking the management of flexibility—a study in the aerospace defence industry

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 272-282

  Hamblin, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Manufacturing; Performance management

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE;

FLEXIBILITY MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASURE;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036504511     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601132     Document Type: Article

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