Toward a production classification system

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-79

  Melcher, Arlyn J ^a   Khouja, Moutaz ^b   Booth, David E ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Improvement; Process efficiency; Production management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077130     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150210418638     Document Type: Article

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