Quickstep™ process improvement: Time-compression as a management strategy

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 21-32

  Adams, Mel ^a   Schroer, Bernard J ^a   Stewart, Steve K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b Sound and Vibration Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL; VALUE ENGINEERING;

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION (ISO);

COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING;

EID: 0031170357     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.1997.11414937     Document Type: Article

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