Modelling and analysis of workflow for lean supply chains

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 423-447

  Ma, Jinping ^a,b   Wang, Kanliang ^c   Xu, Lida ^d  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise information systems; Enterprise information systems modelling; Information modelling; Labelled time Petri nets; Labelled time workflow nets; Lean supply chain; Petri nets; SCM

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION MODELLING; LEAN SUPPLY; SCM; TIME PETRI NETS; WORKFLOW NETS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FORMAL METHODS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION THEORY; PETRI NETS; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80052494010     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517575.2011.580007     Document Type: Article

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