A quantitative approach for measuring process innovation: A case study in a manufacturing company

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3463-3475

  Ayhan, Mustafa Batuhan ^a,b   Öztemel, Ercan ^a,b   Aydin, Mehmet Emin ^b   Yue, Yong ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

degree of process innovation; manufacturing systems; process innovation

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROCESS INNOVATION; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; UNIT PRODUCTION COST;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE; RESEARCH;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 84879690266     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.774495     Document Type: Article

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