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A philosophy for flexibly managing the amount of labor needed in a production process (particularly in a cell) so that the number of operators increases or decreases with…
Meaning and application in management
A philosophy for flexibly managing the amount of labor needed in a production process (particularly in a cell) so that the number of operators increases or decreases with production volume. See : Capital Linearity.
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