Strategic planning using QFD

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 17-29

  Killen, Catherine P ^a   Walker, Mike ^b   Hunt, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Customer Driven Strategies Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Innovation; Quality concepts; Quality function deployment; Strategic planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844426254     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710510572968     Document Type: Article

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