A review of research on cost of quality models and best practices

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 647-669

  Schiffauerova, Andrea ^a   Thomson, Vince ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Manufacturing Automation ^*

Author keywords

Best practice; Quality; Quality costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745592746     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710610672470     Document Type: Review

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