Supplier selection using QFD: A consumer products case study

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 284-294

  Tidwell, Angela ^a   Sutterfield, J Scott ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Marketing; Packaging; Production process; Purchasing techniques; Quality function deployment; Sourcing; Supplier evaluation; Supplier selection; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857718803     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656711211216144     Document Type: Article

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