Exploiting the concept of a manufacturing system part II: Principles and origins of the managing/by/projects engineering change methodology

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1047-1069

  Parnaby, John ^a   Towill, Denis R ^b  

^a Aston Academy of Life Sciences Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business process re engineering; Change management; Learning organizations; Project management; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

AUTO COMPONENTS; BUSINESS CHANGES; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ENGINEERING CHANGES; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; EXTENDED ENTERPRISE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; LEARNING FACILITIES; LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEM; MULTI-SITE; ON CURRENTS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; SUPPORTING MATERIAL; SYSTEMS APPROACH; TASK FORCE;

BENCHMARKING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL OPERATIONS; CONTROL THEORY; INNOVATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANUFACTURE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 73849124162     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380910997209     Document Type: Article

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