The influence of workforce agility on external manufacturing flexibility of Iranian SMEs
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agile workforce; new product flexibility; mix flexibility; volume flexibility; workforce agility; manufacturing flexibility; Iran; manufacturing SMEs; small and medium-sized enterprises; flexible manufacturing; product mix.;All these keywords.
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