Perceived production complexity – understanding more than parts of a system

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 54, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 6008-6016

  Mattsson, Sandra ^a   Tarrar, Malin ^a   Fast Berglund, Åsa ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

agile manufacturing; cognitive processes; empirical study; managing complexity; perceived production complexity

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

AGILE MANUFACTURING; COGNITIVE PROCESS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; MANAGING COMPLEXITY; PERCEIVED PRODUCTION COMPLEXITY;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 84961202559     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1154210     Document Type: Article

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