Engineering management: Operational design coordination

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 433-446

  Coates, Graham ^a   Duffy, Alex H B ^b   Whitfield, Ian ^b   Hills, William ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENTS; OPERATIONAL DESIGN; QUALITY PRODUCTS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 4744354538     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544820410001697145     Document Type: Article

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