Impact of new manufacturing requirements on production line productivity and quality at a focused factory

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-168

  Mukherjee, Ashok ^a   Mitchell, Will ^b   Talbot, F Brian ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

FOCUSED FACTORIES; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0034140164     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-6963(99)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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