The process of establishing a BPR paradigm

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 8-23

  Towill, Denis R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cycle time; Management theory; Models; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180817     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150110383872     Document Type: Article

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