Using SPC to measure a national supermarket chain's suppliers' performance

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 874-900

  Morgan, Chris ^a   Dewhurst, Adam ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Performance measurement (quality); Replacement control; Retail management; Statistical process control; Suppliers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547234235     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570710763813     Document Type: Article

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