Introducing robust design in product development: Learning from an initiative at Volvo

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 1191-1205

  Mashhadi, Azadeh Fazl ^a,b   Alänge, Sverker ^a   Roos, Lars Uno ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

change management; localising; middle management; P diagram; product development; Pugh matrix; RD method; resistance to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869419397     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783363.2012.728847     Document Type: Article

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