The theory and practice of workload control: A research agenda and implementation strategy

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 689-700

  Stevenson, Mark ^a   Huang, Yuan ^a   Hendry, Linda C ^a   Soepenberg, Erik ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Implementation; Make To Order; Production Planning and Control; Small and Medium sized Enterprise; Workload Control

Indexed keywords

IMPLEMENTATION; MAKE-TO-ORDER; PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISE; WORKLOAD CONTROL;

PRODUCTION CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 79954418061     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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