Comparing the UBEM Vedic matrix and the TQM elements deployment model using principal component analysis

The TQM Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 413-435

  Koura, Kozo ^a   Talwar, Balvir ^b  

^a Kozo Koura and Associates   (Japan)

^b BHARAT HEAVY ELECTRICALS LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

Business excellence model; Philosophical concepts; Quality improvement; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; MANAGEMENT; MATRIX ALGEBRA; ONTOLOGY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE MODEL; PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; QUALITY AWARDS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 50849103700     PISSN: 17542731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542730810898403     Document Type: Article

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