Manufacturing learning propensity in operations improvement

Human Factors and Ergonomics In Manufacturing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-104

  Kim, Bowon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FIRM; LEARNING PROPENSITY; PRODUCT MIX; TOP MANAGEMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0032386445     PISSN: 10908471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6564(199824)8:1<79::AID-HFM5>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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