Quality management practices in a flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) environment

Total Quality Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 877-890

  Youssef, Mohamed A ^a   Al Ahmady, Bassam ^a  

^a NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036710774     PISSN: 09544127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0954412022000010217     Document Type: Article

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