Review and preview of productivity research and applications

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 310-320

  Murugesh, R ^a   Devadasan, S R ^b,c  

^a KUMARAGURU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Department of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning   (India)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Productivity management; Research; Review; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTIVITY; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCTIVITY RESEARCH;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031169895     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095372897235127     Document Type: Article

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