Quantification of agility: An experimentation in an Indian electronics switches manufacturing company

Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-64

  Vinodh, S ^a   Sundararaj, G ^a   Devadasan, S R ^a   Rajanayagam, D ^b  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Salzer Electronics Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Agile production; Organizational structures; Performance measurement (quality); Switchgear

Indexed keywords

AGILE PRODUCTION; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT (QUALITY); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWITCHGEAR;

EXPERIMENTS; MANUFACTURE;

EQUIPMENT;

EID: 79954497675     PISSN: 17260531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17260530810863334     Document Type: Article

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