Prioritisation of operations improvement projects in the European manufacturing industry

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 52, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 5323-5345

  Kirkham, Louis ^a   Garza Reyes, Jose Arturo ^b   Kumar, Vikas ^c   Antony, Jiju ^d  

^a ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

improvements prioritisation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SURVEYS;

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EUROPEAN MANUFACTURING; IMPROVEMENTS PRIORITISATION; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84906318853     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2014.903345     Document Type: Article

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