The impact of operational quality: A supply chain view

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-19

  Kannan, Vijay R ^a   Tan, Keah Choon ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality management; Regression analysis; Research; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846414765     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540710724356     Document Type: Article

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