Prioritizing tactical quality improvement: An action research study

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 866-881

  Hales, Douglas N ^a   Siha, Samia M ^b   Sridharan, V ^c   McKnew, Judith I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Operations and production management; Plastics industry; Quality improvement; Shopfloor

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746338233     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570610678648     Document Type: Article

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