Progress of quality management practices in Australian manufacturing firms

TQM Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 501-513

  Prajogo, Daniel I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Manufacturing industries; Quality management

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MARKETING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY-CHAIN ORIENTATION;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33748708616     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780610685476     Document Type: Article

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