Agile manufacturing systems in the automotive industry

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-214

  Elkins, Debra A ^a   Huang, Ningjian ^a   Alden, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing; Flexible manufacturing

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION THEORY; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUSINESS CASE ANALYSIS; DECISION MODELS; PRODUCT REALLOCATION;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 4344625957     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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