Do Organizations Achieve their Objectives from Computer-Based Manufacturing Technologies?

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 129-141

  King, William R ^a   Ramamurthy, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS - FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; INVENTORY CONTROL - COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

COMPUTER BASED MANUFACTURING; EMPIRICAL SURVEYS; INVESTMENT JUSTIFICATION; ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0026867709     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: 15580040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.141270     Document Type: Article

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