Manufacturing strategies and financial performance-The effect of advanced information technology: CAD/CAM systems

Omega

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-121

  Theodorou, Petros ^a   Florou, Giannoula ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Flexible manufacturing; Information systems; MIS; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPETITION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COST ACCOUNTING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

ADVANCED INFORMATIONS; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; CAD-CAM SYSTEMS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COST-BENEFITS ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; TECHNOLOGY CAD; UNCERTAINTY AND VARIABILITY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247393278     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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