A decision-focused knowledge management framework to support collaborative decision making for lean supply chain management

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2123-2137

  Liu, Shaofeng ^a   Leat, Mike ^a   Moizer, Jonathan ^a   Megicks, Phil ^a   Kasturiratne, Dulekha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

collaborative decision making; decision focused knowledge framework; Flex; knowledge based decision support system; lean supply chain management; multi layer knowledge model; VisiRule

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE DECISION MAKING; FLEX; KNOWLEDGE BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE FRAMEWORKS; KNOWLEDGE MODEL; VISIRULE;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION TREES; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84873456162     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2012.709646     Document Type: Article

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