Interplay between uncertainty and flexibility across the value-chain: Towards a transformation model of manufacturing flexibility

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 476-493

  Sawhney, Rajeev ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Organizational slack; Resource based theory; Supply chain; Transformation model; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MANAGERS; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

FLEXIBILITY; ORGANIZATIONAL-SLACK; RESOURCE-BASED THEORY; SUPPLY-CHAIN; TRANSFORMATION MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33748702773     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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