Collaborative improvement in the extended manufacturing enterprise: Lessons from an action research process

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 345-355

  Cagliano, R ^a   Caniato, F ^a   Corso, M ^a,b,c,d   Spina, G ^a,e,f,g  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Politecnico di Milano ^*  (Italy)

^c Cremona Site ^*

^d PhD Network   (Italy)

^e Department of ManagementEconomics and Industrial Engineering

^f European Operations Management Association

^g Global Research Network

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Extended manufacturing enterprise; Inter firm collaboration

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; EXTENDED MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE; INTER-FIRM COLLABORATION;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 32144446136     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280500063251     Document Type: Article

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