Manufacturing planning and control practices and their internal correlates: A study of firms in Ghana

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 143-161

  Amoako Gyampah, Kwasi ^a   Boye, Samuel S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Global practices; Internal correlates; Manufacturing planning and control

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEM PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION;

GHANA; GLOBAL PRACTICES; INTERNAL CORRELATES; MANUFACTURING PLANNING AND CONTROL;

MANUFACTURING DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 0031654161     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(97)00137-0     Document Type: Article

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