The relationship between supply chain quality management practices and organizational performance

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 864-872

  Kuei, Chu Hua ^a   Madu, Christian N ^a   Lin, Chinho ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Middle management; Organizational performance; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542371455     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006031     Document Type: Article

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