Towards theory building in agile manufacturing strategy - A taxonomical approach

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 351-370

  Zhang, Zhengwen David ^a   Sharifi, Hossein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing; Agility; Manufacturing strategy; Technology management

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; TAXONOMIES;

AGILE MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; TAXONOMICAL APPROACH; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247590831     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2007.893989     Document Type: Article

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