An integrated method to evaluate business process alternatives

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-212

  Lee, Sang M ^a   Olson, David L ^a   Trimi, Silvana ^a   Rosacker, Kris M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand; Supply chain management; Systems analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744504845     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150510591183     Document Type: Article

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