Development of a design audit tool for SMEs

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-368

  Moultrie, James ^a   Clarkson, P John ^b   Probert, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Defence

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIT TOOLS;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PROCESS PLANNING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 34250663057     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2007.00255.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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