Selection of lean manufacturing systems using the PROMETHEE

Journal of Modelling in Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-70

  Anand, G ^a   Kodali, Rambabu ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Decision making; Lean production; Strategic choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249230602     PISSN: 17465664     EISSN: 17465672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465660810860372     Document Type: Article

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