An analytical case study of an advanced manufacturing system for evaluating the impact of human enablers in its performance

Journal of Advances in Management Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-99

  Nagar, Bhaskar ^a   Raj, Tilak ^a  

^a YMCA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Advanced manufacturing systems; Advanced manufacturing technologies; Digraph; Human enabler index; Human enablers; Performance; Performance levels; Performance management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904367574     PISSN: 09727981     EISSN: 20493207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09727981311327785     Document Type: Article

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