Managing recalls in a consumer product supply chain - Root cause analysis and measures to mitigate risks

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 235-253

  Kumar, Sameer ^a   Schmitz, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

competitive factors; continuous process monitoring; EDI and tracking systems; effective manufacturing practices; product data management; product quality and reliability; quality management; real time product data; RFID; supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE FACTOR; CONTINUOUS PROCESS MONITORING; MANUFACTURING PRACTICES; PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT QUALITY; REAL TIME; RFID; TRACKING SYSTEM;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MONITORING; PROFITABILITY; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78649467979     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2010.508952     Document Type: Article

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