Manufacturing strategies for time based competitive advantages

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 729-747

  Lin, Yong ^a   Ma, Shihua ^b   Zhou, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Buses; China; Competitive capability; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing strategy; Mass customization; Strategic manufacturing; Time based competition

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COMPETITIVE CAPABILITIES; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; MASS CUSTOMIZATION; STRATEGIC MANUFACTURING; TIME-BASED COMPETITION;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BUSES; COMPETITION; MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84861357171     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571211232299     Document Type: Article

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