Re-engineering proves effective for reducing courier costs

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 400-414

  Revere, Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process re engineering; Information systems; Optimization techniques; Process management

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349105133     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150410548074     Document Type: Article

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