A few measures for ensuring supply chain quality

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-97

  Zhang, Li ^a   Wang, Song ^b   Li, Fachao ^c   Wang, Hong ^d   Wang, Li ^e   Tan, Wenan ^f  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f SHANGHAI SECOND POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

quality co ordination; reliability; risk management; supply chain quality; technology

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN; OPERATIONAL TOOLS; QUALITY CO-ORDINATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RELIABILITY ASSURANCE; SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION;

RELIABILITY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 78649492113     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2010.508965     Document Type: Article

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