The design of quality systems: A contingency approach

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 309-319

  Van Der Bij, J D ^a   Broekhuis, H ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contingency approach; Design; Framework; Quality systems

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CONTINGENCY METHOD;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0032136667     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(98)00087-5     Document Type: Article

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