World class manufacturing in small and medium enterprises

International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1-7, 2000, Pages 777-789

  Gunasekaran, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; framework; SMEs; world class manufacturing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649430397     PISSN: 13682148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijmtm.2000.001376     Document Type: Article

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