A literature review on the integration of total productive maintenance elements with ISO 9001 standard

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 281-308

  Sivaram, N M ^a   Devadasan, S R ^a   Sreenivasa, C G ^b   Karthi, S ^a   Murugesh, R ^c  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY B D T COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

^c Darshan Institute of Engineering and Technology   (India)

Author keywords

Integration; ISO 9000; Literature review; QMS; Quality; Quality management system; Total productive maintenance; TPM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859609245     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2012.046364     Document Type: Review

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