Managing a big data project: The case of Ramco cements limited

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 165, Issue , 2015, Pages 293-306

  Dutta, Debprotim ^a,b   Bose, Indranil ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

^b AMAZON   (United States)

Author keywords

Big Data analytics; Cement industry; Data driven decision making; Manufacturing; Outbound logistics; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED ANALYTICS; BIG DATA; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CEMENTS; DATA ANALYTICS; DATA VISUALIZATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; VISUALIZATION;

BUSINESS PROBLEMS; CROSS-FUNCTIONAL; DATA DRIVEN DECISION; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING SECTOR; OUTBOUND LOGISTICS; STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84929507264     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.12.032     Document Type: Article

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