A comparative analysis of manufacturing practices of small vs large West Michigan organizations

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 8-11

  Motwani, Jaideep G ^a   Jiang, James J ^b   Kumar, Ashok ^a  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

OPERATIONS STRATEGY ELEMENTS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1542423280     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635579810199690     Document Type: Article

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