Product life cycle management in engineer-to-order industries

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-167

  Hicks, Christian ^a   McGovern, Tom ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capability maturity model; Capital goods; Design process; Engineer to order; ETO; Product life cycle; Ssupply chain management

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PRIVATIZATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

CAPABILITY MATURITY MODELS; CAPITAL GOODS; CHAIN MANAGEMENT; DESIGN PROCESS; ENGINEER TO ORDERS; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 67549121045     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2009.024913     Document Type: Article

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