Manufacturing flexibility: conceptualization and measurement

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1998
Kahyaoğlu, Yasemin

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Y. Kahyaoğlu, “Manufacturing flexibility: conceptualization and measurement,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 1998.