A practical approach to achieving agility-a theory of constraints perspective

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 691-702

  Ifandoudas, Panayiotis ^a   Chapman, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Action research; Agile; Manufacturing; SME; TOC

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; AGILE; MANUFACTURING; SME; TOC;

COMPETITION; MANUFACTURE;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

EID: 70449403438     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280903107473     Document Type: Article

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