Engineering change: A theoretical assessment and a case study

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 717-726

  Barzizza, R ^a,b   Caridi, M ^b   Cigolini, R ^b,c  

^a Deloitte Consulting   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c MIP Business School   (Italy)

Author keywords

Change management; Engineering change; Production planning

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTION PLANNING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0035497219     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280010024054     Document Type: Article

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