Simulating production performance: Cross case analysis and policy implications

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-321

  O'Kane, James ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case studies; Operations management; Performance management; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCTIVITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; AUTOMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; PERFORMANCE; SCHEDULING;

CASE STUDIES; DISCRETE-EVENT (DE) SIMULATION; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION;

CASE STUDIES; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3242722020     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570410530720     Document Type: Article

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