Product and process modularity: Improving flexibility and reducing supplier failure risk

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5757-5770

  Gualandris, Jury ^a   Kalchschmidt, Matteo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

flexibility; manufacturing postponement; PLS; product and process modularity; supplier failure

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBILITY; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING POSTPONEMENT; PLS; POTENTIAL NEGATIVE EFFECTS; PRODUCT AND PROCESS MODULARITY; PRODUCT MODULARITY; PRODUCTION PROCESS;

MANUFACTURE;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84885858382     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.793430     Document Type: Article

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