Leanness evaluation in 6 manufacturing SME's using AHP and SEM techniques

International Business Management

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 500-507

  Ravikumar, M M ^a   Marimuthu, K ^b   Parthiban, P ^c   AbdulZubar, H ^d  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d KNOWLEDGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Lean; Management approach; Structural equation modeling; Viable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897443406     PISSN: 19935250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ibm.2013.500.507     Document Type: Article

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