Agile manufacturing: A management and operational framework

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 215, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 857-869

  Sharifi, H ^a   Colquhoun, G ^b   Barclay, I ^b   Dann, Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing; Agility; Architecture; Change; Modelling; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542349702     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405011518647     Document Type: Article

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