Industrial practice in designing for quality

International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 288-303

  Booker, Julian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Failure mode effects analysis; Manufacturing; Process control; Product development; Quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444477778     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710310461305     Document Type: Review

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