Productivity measurement of the manufacturing process for outsourcing decisions: The case of a Taiwanese printed circuit board manufacturer

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 6981-6995

  Chang, Dong Shang ^a   Kuo, Yi Chun ^a,b   Chen, Tz Yu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of International Sales   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Outsourcing; Printed circuit board; Productivity; Vertical disintegration

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MANUFACTURE; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; PRINTED CIRCUITS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PRODUCTIVITY; UTILITY RATES;

ANALYSIS MODELS; CAPACITY SHORTAGES; CAPACITY UTILIZATION RATES; CIRCUIT BOARDS; FIXED ASSETS; MALMQUIST PRODUCTIVITY INDICES; MANUFACTURING PROCESSES; MULTICRITERIA; OUTSOURCING DECISIONS; PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITIES; PRODUCTION QUANTITIES; PRODUCTIVITY CHANGES; PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; RELATIVE EFFICIENCIES; VERTICAL DISINTEGRATION;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 55349137040     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701429934     Document Type: Article

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