Quality management and quality practice: Perspectives on their history and their future

Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-28

  Fisher, N I ^a,b   Nair, V N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ValueMetrics Australia ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Post War reconstruction in Japan; Quality control; Six Sigma; TQM

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MANAGEMENT; MILITARY OPERATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

20TH CENTURIES; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION IN JAPAN; QUALITY PRACTICES; SECOND WORLD WARS; SIX SIGMA; SUB-SETS; TQM;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 59849128203     PISSN: 15241904     EISSN: 15264025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asmb.756     Document Type: Article

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