The impact of just-in-time implementation and ISO 9000 certification on total quality managment

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-141

  Dreyfus, L Paul ^a   Ahire, Sanjay L ^b   Ebrahimpour, Maling ^c  

^a ATHENS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical; ISO 9000; Just in time (JIT); Total quality management (TQM)

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; JUST IN TIME PRODUCTION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

CERTIFICATION; ISO 9000;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 2442545456     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2004.826024     Document Type: Article

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