Fostering continuous improvement within new product development processes

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 843-856

  Caffyn, Sarah ^a   Grantham, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action research; CI enablers; Continuous improvement; Learning; NPD; Quality tools; SMEs

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

ACTION RESEARCH; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; QUALITY TOOLS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0242369046     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2003.003393     Document Type: Article

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