Lessons from seru production on manufacturing competitively in a high cost environment

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 49-51, Issue , 2017, Pages 67-76

  Yin, Yong ^a,b   Stecke, Kathryn E ^c   Swink, Morgan ^d   Kaku, Ikou ^e  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agile production; Assembly cell; Case study; Cellular manufacturing; Electronics industry; Flexibility; Lean production; Marketing operations interface; Organizational reform; Quick response manufacturing

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMMERCE; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; GROUP TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; PRODUCTIVITY; WAGES;

AGILE PRODUCTION; ASSEMBLY CELLS; CASE-STUDIES; ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES; FLEXIBILITY; HIGH COSTS; MARKETING-OPERATIONS INTERFACES; ORGANISATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM; QUICK RESPONSE MANUFACTURING;

LEAN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85010213696     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: 18731317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2017.01.003     Document Type: Article

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