Improving productivity in Indian SMEs

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 10-11, 2012, Pages 754-768

  Mathur, Alok ^a   Mittal, M L ^a   Dangayach, Govind Sharan ^a  

^a MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

lean manufacturing; productivity improvement; SME; world class manufacturing

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; LEAN PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURE; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUTS; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; NATIONAL ECONOMY; PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS; SCHEDULING HEURISTICS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; WORLD CLASS MANUFACTURING;

PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84866306311     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2011.642150     Document Type: Article

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