Strategies for agility: An evolutionary and configurational approach

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-113

  McCarthy, Ian ^a   Tsinopoulos, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agile production; Classification; Evolution; Strategy

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CONFIGURATIONAL RESEARCH;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037287594     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060310459401     Document Type: Article

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