The impact of maintenance practices on operational and business performance

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 234-240

  Mitchell, ed ^a   Robson, Andrew ^b   Prabhu, Vas B ^a  

^a Centre for Business Excellence   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Maintenance; Performance; Quality; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099160     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900210429641     Document Type: Article

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