Process analysis tools for process improvement

TQM Magazine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 342-354

  Bal, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHIC METHODS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS CONTROL; REENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; DECISION THEORY; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

COMPANY OPERATIONS; PROCESS ANALYSIS; PROCESS COMPLEXITY; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

QUALITY CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING (BPR); PROCESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032296307     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544789810231225     Document Type: Article

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