Profile-based circumstances for productivity measurement

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 825-839

  Phusavat, Kongkiti ^a   Anussornnitisarn, Pornthep ^a   Sujitwanit, Supattra ^a   Kess, Pekka ^b  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Manufacturing industries; Measurement; Productivity rate; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS NEEDS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FINANCIAL INFORMATION; LINEAR MODES; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; MULTI-FACTOR; PRODUCTION LEVEL; PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; PRODUCTIVITY RATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVEY DATA; THAILAND;

MANUFACTURE; MEASUREMENTS;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 68149099641     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570910968063     Document Type: Article

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