Manufacturing best practices in Malaysian small and medium enterprises (SMEs);

Benchmarking: An International Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 324-341

  Anuar, Afdiman ^a   Mohd Yusuff, Rosnah ^b  

^a Department of Automotive Technology   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; ISO 9000 series; Malaysia; Manufacturing systems; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959205335     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635771111137750     Document Type: Article

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