Application of production management principles to engineering processes: An explorative study

IEEM2010 - IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 158-162

  Hinckeldeyn, Johannes ^a   Dekkers, Rob ^b   Kreutzfeldt, Jochen ^a  

^a FOM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engineering management; Process development; Product development; Production management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; ENGINEERING COMPANIES; ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT; ENGINEERING MANAGERS; ENGINEERING PROCESS; ENGINEERING PROJECT; FOCUS GROUPS; GERMAN COMPANIES; HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCTS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT; STRUCTURED ENGINEERING;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 78751699257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEEM.2010.5674441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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