Critical factors for achieving manufacturing flexibility

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 328-341

  Lau, R S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical studies; Flexibility; Infrastructure; Manufacturing; Regression analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543079363     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579910249741     Document Type: Article

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