Quality management practice in semiconductor manufacturing industries - Empirical studies in Taiwan

Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-159

  Yang, Taho ^a   Chen, Mu Chen ^b   Su, Chao Ton ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Manufacturing; Quality management; Semiconductors; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; THROUGHPUT;

DATA RELIABILITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0037285385     PISSN: 09576061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09576060310459447     Document Type: Article

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