Simulation for TQM - The unused tool?

TQM Magazine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-116

  Aghaie, Abdollah ^a   Popplewell, Keith ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROCESS ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PROCESS CONTROL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTE; CAPABILITY MATURITY MODEL (CMM);

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030687195     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544789710165554     Document Type: Article

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