Operationalising strategy: Mapping manufacturing variables

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-393

  Tan, Kim Hua ^a   Platts, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action plan selection; Connectance; Strategy deployment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ACTION PLAN SELECTION; MANUFACTURING STRATEGY; STRATEGY DEPLOYMENT;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2442623446     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(02)00377-8     Document Type: Article

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