Setting manufacturing strategy for a factory-within-a-factory

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 307-323

  Miltenburg, John ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Factories within a factory; Focusing manufacturing; Manufacturing strategy

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANT MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FACTORIES WITHIN A FACTORY (FWF); MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 41549144717     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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