The ryobi “air-clean” 4-cycle engine: A case study in engineering and manufacturing management

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 23-31

  Conley, James G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; MANUFACTURE; PLANT MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; SCHEDULING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CRITICAL MACHINED DIMENSIONS; CROSS FUNCTIONAL TEAM ORGANIZATION; FOUR CYCLE ENGINE; MIDTERM ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES; PLANNING MNEMONICS; TEAM DYNAMICS;

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EID: 0032284295     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.1998.11414982     Document Type: Article

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