Productivity gains from flexible manufacturing: Experiences from India

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-128

  Narain, Rakesh ^a   Yadav, R C ^a   Antony, Jiju ^b  

^a MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing technologies; Flexibility; Flexible manufacturing systems; India; Productivity rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986065017     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400410515025     Document Type: Article

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