Infusing agility, innovation and quality in products: An integrated effort through the agile ITQFD technique

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-263

  Vinodh, S ^a   Sundararaj, G ^a   Devadasan, S R ^a   Rajanayagam, D ^b   Murugesh, R ^c  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Salzer Electronics Limited   (India)

^c HINDUSTHAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Agile manufacturing; Agility; AM; Customer voice; House of quality; Innovation; QFD; Quality Function Deployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 39149106092     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2008.016613     Document Type: Article

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