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Effective teamworking: can functional flexibility act as an enhancing factor?: An Australian case study
Twoof the most sought after properties in today’s dynamic and competitive manufacturing environment are labour flexibility and effective teamworking. This is due in no small part to the growth of modern manufacturing philosophies which strongly advocate the need for both teamwork and flexibility. This paper aims to explore the impact of two labour flexibility strategies (functional flexibility and intra-cell flexibility) on teamwork in a cellular manufacturing environment.