Japanese Product-Development Strategies: A Summary and Propositions About Their Implementation

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 224-236

  Funk, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

JAPANESE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES; MITSUBISHI SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT DEPARTMENT; MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROBLEM SOLVING; YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 0027642433     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: 15580040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.233184     Document Type: Article

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