Core process management practices, quality tools and quality improvement in ISO 9001 certified manufacturing companies

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 437-460

  Psomas, Evangelos L ^a   Fotopoulos, Christos V ^a   Kafetzopoulos, Dimitrios P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; ISO 9000 series; Manufacturing industries; Process management; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959227927     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637151111136360     Document Type: Article

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