Coordination approaches and systems - Part II: an operational perspective

Research in Engineering Design - Theory, Applications, and Concurrent Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 73-89

  Coates, Graham ^a   Whitfield, Robert Ian ^a   Duffy, Alex H B ^b   Hills, Bill ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MARKETING; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DECISION MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONAL COORDINATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 0034506399     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001630012073     Document Type: Article

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