Agile production management: An analysis of capacity decisions and order-fulfilment time

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-10

  Helo, Petri T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

agile manufacturing capacity; cost accounting; lead time

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650652808     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2006.008855     Document Type: Article

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