Framework for assessing the current strategic factory role and deploying an upgrading roadmap. An empirical study within a global operations network;Modelo para la evaluación del rol estratégico actual de una planta y despliegue de un plan para su mejora. Estudio empírico dentro de una red global de operaciones

Direccion y Organizacion

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 5-15

  Mediavilla, Miguel ^a   Errasti, Ander ^b   Domingo, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case study; Global operations network; Strategic factory role

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860487359     PISSN: 1132175X     EISSN: 21716323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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