Proposing a new approach to discussing economic effects of design quality

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 348-359

  Freiesleben, Johannes ^a  

^a Credit Suisse group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Design quality; Loss function; Optimal feature composition; Optimal production technology; Process design; Product design; Production quality; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

DESIGN QUALITY; LOSS FUNCTION; OPTIMAL FEATURE COMPOSITION; OPTIMAL PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION QUALITY;

COST REDUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS DESIGN; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 76049122092     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.11.030     Document Type: Article

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