An empirical examination of quality tool deployment patterns and their impact on performance

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1403-1426

  Handfield, R ^a   Jayaram, J ^b   Ghosh, S ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DATA REDUCTION; PRODUCT DESIGN; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

QUALITY TOOL DEPLOYMENT PATTERNS;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032667749     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075499191328     Document Type: Article

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