Designing production systems for quality: Research opportunities from an automotive industry perspective

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1953-1971

  Inman, Robert R ^a   Blumenfeld, Dennis E ^a   Huang, Ningjian ^a   Li, Jingshan ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING; DATA REDUCTION; OUTSOURCING; QUALITY CONTROL; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0242269872     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020754031000077293     Document Type: Review

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