Maintenance management - An AHP application for centralization/ decentralization

Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-25

  HajShirmohammadi, Ali ^a   Wedley, William C ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Centralized control; Decentralized control; Maintenance; Organizational structures

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); CENTRALIZED CONTROL; MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES;

MAINTENANCE;

EID: 2342533288     PISSN: 13552511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552510410526839     Document Type: Article

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