Agile manufacturing practices in the specialty chemical industry An overview of the trends and results of a specific case study

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 625-635

  Guisinger, A ^a   Ghorashi, B ^b  

^a St Gobain Crystals   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agik production; Chemical industries; Customers; Small enterprises; Virtual organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042772094     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570410538140     Document Type: Article

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