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Manufacturing Profile of Flexible and Low-cost Producers: An Empiral Study
The objective of the study is to test the trade-off theory empirically using the data of the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey. Results confirms the well accepted manufacturing profile of low cost producers, which typically use a line process, and of flexible producers, which typically produce in a job shop.
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http://www.vlerick.be/research/workingpapers/vlgms-wp-2004-21.pdf