Information-processing alternatives for coping with manufacturing environment complexity

Decision Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1021-1052

  Flynn, Barbara B ^a   Flynn, E James ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Manufacturing information systems; Production and inventory control systems; Survey research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039938903     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1999.tb00917.x     Document Type: Article

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