Continuous improvement in product development: Improvement programs and quality principles

International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 753-768

  Nilsson Witell, Lars ^a   Antoni, Marc ^b   Dahlgaard, Jens J ^c  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Continuous improvement; Product development; Quality management; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444505360     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710510617210     Document Type: Article

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