Suppliers' contributions to product development: An exploratory study

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 258-267

  Hartley, Janet L ^a   Meredith, Jack R ^b   McCutcheon, David ^c   Kamath, Rajan R ^d  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Product development; Purchasing; Supplier management

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DESIGN; PURCHASING; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0031210413     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.618077     Document Type: Article

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