A conceptual framework for the effective implementation of statistical process control

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 473-489

  Antony, Jiju ^a   Taner, Tolga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Quality; Statistical process control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104265     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150310484526     Document Type: Article

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