A framework for analyzing flexibility of generic objects

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 329-339

  Fitzgerald, Guy ^a   Barad, Miryam ^b   Papazafeiropoulou, Anastasia ^a   Alaa, Ghada ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Egyptian Cabinet's Information and Decision Support Centre   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Changes; Flexibility; Flexibility metrics; Generic objects

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION AREA; CHANGES; FLEXIBILITY; FLEXIBILITY METRICS; GENERIC OBJECTS; NEW SYSTEM;

EID: 70349417744     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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