Effects of operating speed on production quality and throughput

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7039-7056

  Owen, Jonathan H ^a   Blumenfeld, Dennis E ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Operating speed; Production quality; Throughput

Indexed keywords

SPEED;

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; KEY DETERMINANTS; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; OPERATING SPEED; OPERATING SPEEDS; PRODUCTION QUALITIES; PRODUCTION QUALITY; SYSTEM THROUGHPUTS;

THROUGHPUT;

EID: 55349113627     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540701227833     Document Type: Article

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