Knowledge and manufacturing strategy-how different manufacturing paradigms have different requirements to knowledge. Examples from the automotive industry

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2413-2430

  Henriksen, Bjørnar ^a   Rolstadås, Asbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Knowledge; Manufacturing strategy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL KNOWLEDGE; CORE COMPETENCE; CRUCIAL KNOWLEDGE; EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE BASE; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LEAN PRINCIPLES; MANUFACTURING PARADIGM; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; MASS MANUFACTURING; TACIT KNOWLEDGE;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 77951108314     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540902744792     Document Type: Article

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