The value of quality improvements

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 292-312

  Setijono, Djoko ^a   Dahlgaard, Jens J ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Quality costs; Quality improvement; Sweden; Value analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549127507     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710810854296     Document Type: Article

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