A study of barriers to agile manufacturing

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-22

  Hasan, M Asif ^a   Shankar, Ravi ^b   Sarkis, Joseph ^c  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agile manufacturing; barriers; Interpretive Structural Modelling; ISM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930577928     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2007.015679     Document Type: Article

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