Organizing a virtual manufacturing enterprise: An analytic network process based approach for enterprise flexibility

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 163-186

  Wadhwa, Subhash ^a   Mishra, Madhawanand ^a   Chan, Felix T S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Agility; ANP; Flexibility; Flexible enterprises; Virtual manufacturing

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; INTEGRATION; MANUFACTURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AGILITY; ANP; FLEXIBILITY; FLEXIBLE ENTERPRISES; VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING;

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

EID: 56349096763     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701294601     Document Type: Article

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