The influence of manufacturing flexibility on strategic behaviours: A study based in Certified Quality Management Systems

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1028-1054

  Tamayo Torres, Javier ^a   Barrales Molina, Vanesa ^a   Perez Arostegui, Maria Nieves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Manufacturing flexibility; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904966194     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-04-2012-0172     Document Type: Article

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