Improving control through effective performance measurement in SMEs

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 804-813

  Hudson, M ^a,c   Lean, J ^a,c,d   Smart, P A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Department for Business Development ^*

^d Institute of Small Business Affairs

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Performance measurement; Process development; SMEs; Strategic improvement

Indexed keywords

PROCESS DEVELOPMENT;

COSTS; ECONOMICS; PERFORMANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0035781621     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280110061557     Document Type: Article

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