Taking operations strategy into practice: Developing a process for defining priorities and performance measures

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 403-418

  Pinheiro de Lima, Edson ^a   Eduardo Gouvêa da Costa, Sérgio ^a   Reis de Faria, Avides ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Action plan; Operations strategy; Performance measurement; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CAMBRIDGE; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; ENGINEERING SERVICE; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; OPERATIONS STRATEGIES; OPERATIONS STRATEGY; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROCESS APPROACH; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; TELECOM;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 70349412959     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.06.022     Document Type: Article

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