An empirical study of ISO certification in the maquiladora industry

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-306

  Dowlatshahi, Shad ^a   Urias, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b Muniz Enterprises Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee training time; ISO certification; Maquiladora industries; Quality manuals; Supplier relationships

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS;

EMPLOYEE TRAINING TIME; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDIZATION ORGANIZATION (ISO); ISO CERTIFICATION; MAQUILADORA INDUSTRIES; QUALITY MANUALS; SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 1642407148     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(03)00191-9     Document Type: Article

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