Empirical relationships between some manufacturing practices and performance

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3583-3613

  Karim, M A ^a   Smith, A J R ^a   Halgamuge, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competitive objectives; Manufacturing performance; Manufacturing practices; Product quality; Reliability

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

COMPETITIVE OBJECTIVES; MANUFACTURING PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING PRACTICES; PRODUCT QUALITY;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 42649124941     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540601164201     Document Type: Article

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