Investigating implementation issues for workload control (WLC): A comparative case study analysis

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 452-469

  Hendry, L ^a   Land, M ^b   Stevenson, M ^a   Gaalman, G ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Empirical research; Implementation issues; Make to order (MTO) industry; Production planning and control (PPC); Workload control (WLC)

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MANUFACTURE; PRECISION ENGINEERING;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES; MAKE-TO-ORDER INDUSTRY; WORKLOAD CONTROL (WLC);

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 38749152402     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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