Assessment of TQM implementation: Benchmarking Singapore's productivity leaders

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 314-330

  Chung Woon, Kin ^a  

^a Singapore Productivity and Standards Board ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Assessment; Benchmarking; Implementation; Productivity; Singapore; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077005     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150010345497     Document Type: Article

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