Defining job complexity for the Engineer to Order environment

IIE Annual Conference and Expo 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2404-2413

  Grabenstetter, Douglas ^a   Usher, John M ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Due dates; Engineer to Order

Indexed keywords

EXHIBITIONS; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; MODELS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

COMPLEXITY; DUE DATES; ENGINEER TO ORDERS; ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT; ENGINEERING PROCESS; MAKE-TO-ORDER MANUFACTURING; MANUFACTURING FIRMS; OVERALL PROCESS;

PROCESS ENGINEERING;

EID: 84900309792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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