The changing nature of operations flexibility

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1201-1210

  Slack, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible manufacturing systems; Manufacturing industries

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344457393     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570510633602     Document Type: Review

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