Systems and application development for portable maintenance aid (PMA) - A performance perspective

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 786-805

  Leung, Tim S ^a   Lee, Ka Wing ^a   Chung, Walter W C ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Information systems; Performance measures; Productive maintenance; Software tools

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE; FORECASTING; OUTSOURCING; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; PORTABLE MAINTENANCE AID (PMA); PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE PORTABILITY;

EID: 33746613652     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380610678800     Document Type: Article

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