Linking operations objectives to actions: A plug and play approach

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 610-619

  Tan, Kim Hua ^a   Platts, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Operations strategy; Plug and play; Rapid modelling

Indexed keywords

CAUSE-EFFECT; ISSUES AND CHALLENGES; OPERATIONS STRATEGY; PLUG AND PLAY; PLUG AND PLAY APPROACH; RAPID MODELLING; SALIENT FEATURES; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SOFTWARE TOOL; STRATEGIC DEPLOYMENT;

MANAGERS;

EID: 70349211691     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.02.032     Document Type: Article

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