Developing a BPI framework and PAM for SMEs

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 345-360

  Khan, Zulfiqar ^a   Bali, Rajeev K ^a   Wickramasinghe, Nilmini ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process re engineering; Continuous improvement; Lean production; Small to medium sized enterprises; World class manufacturing

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; REENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; LEAN PRODUCTION; SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES; WORLD CLASS MANUFACTURING;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33947145635     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570710734262     Document Type: Article

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