Building factory fitness

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 916-934

  Ferdows, Kasra ^a   Thurnheer, Fritz ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hydro Aluminum Extrusion Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing; Agile production; Behavioral production management; Cumulative production capabilities; Factories; Lean manufacturing; Production fitness; Production processes; Sandcone model

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052515779     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571111165820     Document Type: Article

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