The labor-machine dyad and its influence on mix flexibility

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 533-556

  Karuppan, Corinne M ^a   Ganster, Daniel C ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Flexibility; Operations strategy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; JOB ANALYSIS; MANAGERS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FLEXIBILITY; MACHINE FLEXIBILITY; OPERATIONS STRATEGY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 9444275948     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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