Does the public sector need a more demand-driven approach to capacity management

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 24, Issue 10-11, 2013, Pages 877-890

  Walley, Paul ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

capacity planning; delay; public services

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY MANAGEMENT; CAPACITY PLANNING; DELAY; DEMAND-DRIVEN APPROACHES; PRIVATE SECTORS; PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICES; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84884554220     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2012.666886     Document Type: Article

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