Sustaining company performance through partnering with suppliers

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 567-580

  Wong, Alfred ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Customer s.t.isfaction; Goals; Partnering; Suppliers

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349040246     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710210427539     Document Type: Article

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