Lean and agile manufacturing: External and internal drivers and performance outcomes

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 976-999

  Hallgren, Mattias ^a,b   Olhager, Jan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SAAB AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agile production; Lean production; Operations management

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349630723     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570910993456     Document Type: Article

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