Total quality management: A new perspective for improving quality and productivity

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 947-968

  Gunasekaram, A ^a   Goyal, S K ^b   MArtikainen, T ^c   Yli Olli, P ^c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Implementation; Productivity; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645036421     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656719810199033     Document Type: Article

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