Constructing a virtuous cycle of manufacturing agility: Concurrent roles of modularity in improving agility and reducing lead time

Technovation

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 573-583

  Watanabe, Chihiro ^a   Ane, Bernadetta Kwintiana ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Manufacturing agility; Manufacturing lead time; Modularity; Product platform

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MANUFACTURING AGILITY; MANUFACTURING LEAD TIME; MODULARITY; PRODUCT PLATFORM;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 2942582990     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(02)00118-9     Document Type: Article

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