Flexibility and quality management in manufacturing: An alternative approach

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 525-533

  Lloréns Montes, F Javier ^a   García Morales, Víctor J ^a   Verdú Jover, Antonio J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fit; Flexibility; Manufacturing; Performance; Quality

Indexed keywords

FIT; FLEXIBILITY; QUALITY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT (QI);

DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 4444226189     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280410001726339     Document Type: Article

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