Strategy and continuous improvement in small-to-medium Australian manufacturers

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-179

  Chapman, Ross ^a   Hyland, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Case studies; Continuous improvement; Manufacturing; Small to medium sized enterprises; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038799122     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060010320399     Document Type: Article

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