Assessment of manufacturing flexibility: A review of research and conceptual framework

Management Research Review

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 750-776

  Mishra, Ruchi ^a   Pundir, Ashok K ^a   Ganapathy, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING NITIE   (India)

Author keywords

Assessment; Drivers of flexibility; Enablers of flexibility; Environmental uncertainty; Literature review; Manufacturing flexibility; Measurement; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904677596     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/MRR-03-2013-0055     Document Type: Review

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