Prioritizing lean supply chain management initiatives in healthcare service operations: a fuzzy AHP approach

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 953-966

  Adebanjo, Dotun ^a   Laosirihongthong, Tritos ^b   Samaranayake, Premaratne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fuzzy AHP; healthcare; Lean supply chain; performance measures

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; FUZZY AHP; HEALTH-CARE OPERATIONS; HEALTHCARE ORGANISATIONS; LEAN SUPPLY CHAINS; OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE DIMENSIONS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84964048090     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2016.1164909     Document Type: Article

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