Analyzing quality information flows in cross-company distributed product development processes

IEEE International Engineering Management Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 973-977

  Lin, Jun ^a   Brombacher, Aarnout C ^b   Wong, Yoke San ^a   Chai, Kah Hin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distribution; Maturity index on reliability; New product development; Quality information flows; Time to market

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKETING; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RELIABILITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DISTRIBUTION; MATURITY INDEX ON RELIABILITY; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY INFORMATION FLOWS; TIME-TO-MARKET;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 17644403198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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