Organizing for creativity, quality and speed in product creation processes

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 411-416

  Van Eijnatten, Frans M ^a   Simonse, Lianne W L ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b M and I/Partners BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL;

CHAORDIC SYSTEMS THINKING; PRODUCT CREATION PROCESSES;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0033312496     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1638(199911/12)15:6<411::AID-QRE297>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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