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Investigations into the impact of flexibility on manufacturing performance

S. K. DAS Division of Industrial and Management Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA
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P. NAGENDRA Division of Industrial and Management Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, USA
Pages 2337-2354 | Received 01 Aug 1992, Published online: 27 Apr 2007

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