The domain of production and operations management and the role of Elwood Buffa in its delineation

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 310-327

  Singhal, Kalyan ^a   Singhal, Jaya ^a   Starr, Martin K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Buffa; Domain of production and operations management; Engineering operations interface; Evolution of production and operations management; Product development; Quality management; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PRODUCT DESIGN; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; TEXTBOOKS;

BUSINESS EDUCATION; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 33847353931     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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