Choosing a quality improvement project using the analytic hierarchy process

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-425

  Van De Water, Henny ^a   De Vries, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Customer satisfaction; Quality improvement; Quality management; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646382858     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710610657602     Document Type: Article

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