Developing manufacturing flexibility through supply chain activities: Evidence from the motherboard industry

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 957-972

  Yang, Chen Lung ^a   Lin, C H ^a   Sheu, Chwen ^b  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; High tech industry; Manufacturing flexibility; Supplier collaboration; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349124154     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360601150024     Document Type: Article

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