On the relationship between continuous improvement programmes and their effect on quality defects: An automotive case study

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 277-290

  Tanco, Martin ^a,b   Mateo, Ricardo ^a   Santos, Javier ^a   Jaca, Carmen ^a   Viles, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Assembly lines; Continuous improvement; Defects; Quality outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860116135     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2011.637779     Document Type: Article

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