Flexibility, adaptability, and efficiency in manufacturing systems

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-150

  Bordoloi, Sanjeev K ^a   Cooper, William W ^a   Matsuo, Hirofumi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Adaptability; Efficiency; Flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038181091     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.1999.tb00366.x     Document Type: Article

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