Profit margin, process improvement and capacity decisions in global manufacturing

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 4235-4257

  Chakravarty, Amiya K ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION THEORY; LIFE CYCLE; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CAPACITY DECISIONS; GLOBAL MANUFACTURING; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROFIT MARGINS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0033349480     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499189754     Document Type: Article

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