Differentiating manufacturing focus

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 44, Issue 18-19, 2006, Pages 3863-3878

  Hallgren, Mattias ^a   Olhager, Jan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Customer order decoupling point; Flexibility; Make to order; Make to stock; Manufacturing focus; Manufacturing strategy; Productivity

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CUSTOMER ORDER DECOUPLING POINT; FLEXIBILITY; MAKE TO ORDER; MAKE TO STOCK; MANUFACTURING FOCUS; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY;

MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 33746826865     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540600702290     Document Type: Conference Paper

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