Lean management of environmental consulting

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-24

  Ball, Daniel R ^a   Maleyeff, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consulting services; Environmental engineering; Management

Indexed keywords

CONSULTING SERVICES; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; LEAN MANAGEMENT; SERVICE INDUSTRIES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; FINANCE; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INSURANCE; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTIVITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 14744298845     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(2003)19:1(17)     Document Type: Article

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