Agile manufacturing enablers for Finnish steel products network

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-269

  Gore, Amol ^a   Haapasalo, Harri ^a   Tähtinen, Teemu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing enablers; Agile networks; Business performance; Collaboration; Competitiveness; Steel NET II

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PROFITABILITY;

AGILE MANUFACTURING; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; COLLABORATION; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPETITIVENESS; DELIVERY PERFORMANCE; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISE;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 61649128253     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2009.023541     Document Type: Article

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