A study of enablers of agile manufacturing

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-430

  Hasan, Mohd Asif ^a   Shankar, Ravi ^b   Sarkis, Joseph ^c   Suhail, Arif ^d   Asif, Sameera ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing; Enablers; Interpretive structural modeling; ISM

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

AGILE MANUFACTURING; ENABLERS; INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELING; INTERPRETIVE STRUCTURAL MODELLING (ISM); MANUFACTURING PARADIGM; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 68149149095     PISSN: 17485037     EISSN: 17485045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2009.024069     Document Type: Article

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