Achieving industrial facility quality: Integration is key

Journal of Management in Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-56

  Fergusson, Kelly Jean ^a   Teicholz, Paul M ^a,b  

^a ASCE ^*  (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; FACILITIES; JOB SATISFACTION; PLANT STARTUP; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

ENGINEERING REGULATION; FACILITY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; INDUSTRIAL FACILITY; INFORMATION FLOW; INTEGRATION PARAMETERS; OPERATIONAL FACILITIES; ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES; PROJECT COMPLEXITY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0029753326     PISSN: 0742597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0742-597X(1996)12:1(49)     Document Type: Review

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