Exploration of the key evolutionary operational improvement activities

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1123-1141

  Lin, Chinho ^a   Chai, Kang Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case studies; Manufacturing industries; Operational improvement; Operations management; Quality management; Supply chain management; Supply chain quality management; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAIN QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TAIWAN;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84865476322     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635571211255050     Document Type: Article

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