Design quality: A key to improve product quality in international production network

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-177

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

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Design; Impact factor; Manufacturing; Product quality; Quality relationship model

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRIES; DESIGN PHASE; DESIGN QUALITIES; END PRODUCTS; IMPACT FACTOR; KEY DETERMINANTS; MANUFACTURING; PRODUCT QUALITY; PRODUCTION NETWORKS; QUALITY OF DESIGNS; QUALITY RELATIONSHIP MODEL; SURVEY DATUM;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 61449250806     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280802705062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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