A case study of the successful implementation of workload control: A practitioner-led approach

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 280-296

  Silva, Cristóvão ^a   Stevenson, Mark ^b   Thürer, Matthias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Case study; Implementation; Make to order; Workload control

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; IMPLEMENTATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS; MAKE TO ORDER; PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL; THEORY AND PRACTICE; WORKLOAD CONTROL;

MANAGERS;

EID: 84923696378     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMTM-10-2013-0144     Document Type: Article

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