Quality relationships: Partnering in the construction supply chain

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 493-510

  Matthews, Jason ^a   Pellew, Leah ^a   Phua, Florence ^a   Rowlinson, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Lean production; Partnering; Quality; Subcontracting; Waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644220585     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710010371191     Document Type: Article

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