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    Agile Manufacturing: 21st Century Strategy for Manufacturing on the Periphery?


    McCurry, Larry and McIvor, Ronan (2002) Agile Manufacturing: 21st Century Strategy for Manufacturing on the Periphery? Irish Journal of Management, 23 (2): 5. pp. 75-94. ISSN 1649-248X

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    Abstract

    Discusses the development of agile manufacturing as a concept, separate from the lean manufacturing paradigm. Background on the popularization of the original concept of agility; Principles of agility; High-level initiatives that can be attributed to the concept of lean; Guiding attributes of lean manufacturing.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Agile Manufacturing; Peripheral Economies; Strategic Flexibility;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
    Item ID: 20145
    Depositing User: IAM School of Business
    Date Deposited: 30 Jun 2025 13:33
    Journal or Publication Title: Irish Journal of Management
    Publisher: Irish Academy of Management
    Refereed: Yes
    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/20145
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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