Made in the 21st century: How far have we come on the journey to excellence?

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 829-839

  Yarrow, David ^a   Hanson, Philip ^a   Robson, Andrew ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Benchmarking; Best manufacturing practice; Diffusion; Excellence; PROBE

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042675146     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360410001680260     Document Type: Conference Paper

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