On the gap between theory and practice of process capability studies

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 178-191

  Deleryd, Mats ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Implementation; Process efficiency; Sweden; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005893169     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656719810204892     Document Type: Article

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