Design for form postponement: Do not overlook organization design

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 338-364

  Trentin, Alessio ^a   Forza, Cipriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mass customization; Operations management; Product management; Production planning and control

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649288742     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571011029967     Document Type: Article

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