Comparison of manufacturing performance of three team structures in semiconductor plants

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-32

  Bailey, Diane E ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Employee participation; Manufacturing; Quality circles; Semiconductor; Teams; Work groups

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TEAMS (CIT); QUALITY CIRCLES (QC); SELF DIRECTED WORK TEAMS (SDWT);

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032000346     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.658658     Document Type: Article

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