Design quality: The crucial factor for product quality improvement in international production networks

2008 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, WiCOM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zhu, Yanmei ^a   You, Jianxin ^a   Alard, Robert ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Design quality; Design manufacturing chain; Early supplier involvement; Product quality; Quality relationship model

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE; MOBILE COMPUTING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CASE STUDIES; DESIGN QUALITY; DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS; EARLY SUPPLIER INVOLVEMENT; FREQUENT COMMUNICATIONS; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; MANUFACTURING QUALITIES; NOISE FACTORS; PRODUCT QUALITY; PRODUCT QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; PRODUCTION NETWORKS; PRODUCTION PROCESSES; QUALITY OF DESIGNS; QUALITY RELATIONSHIP MODEL;

DESIGN;

EID: 58049121649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WiCom.2008.1612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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