Performance trade-offs in manufacturing plants

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1020-1033

  Mapes, John ^a   New, Colin ^a   Szwejczewski, Marek ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awards; Manufacturing strategy; Operations management; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543059422     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579710177031     Document Type: Review

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