Implementing TPM in plant maintenance: Some organisational barriers

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1003-1016

  Cooke, Fang Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers; Competitiveness; Maintenance; Total productive maintenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348164729     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710010378789     Document Type: Article

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