Allying for quality excellence: Scope for expert systems in supplier quality management

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 187-205

  Nwankwo, Sonny ^a   Obidigbo, Ben ^b   Ekwulugo, Frances ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Comteque International Ltd ^*  (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expert systems; Quality management; Suppliers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750413789     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710210413516     Document Type: Article

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