Increasing competitiveness through advanced manufacturing technologies

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 371-379

  Rosnah, Mohd Yusuff ^a   Ahmad, Megat Mohamad Hamdan Megat ^a   Sulaiman, Shamsuddin ^a   Mohamad, Zainal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technologies; Competitiveness; Global; Implementation; Malaysia; Newly industrialised countries; Small and medium scale industries

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY;

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES (AMT);

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0041880536     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMTM.2003.003462     Document Type: Review

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