Managing Quality : Integrating the Supply Chain /

Foster, S. Thomas,

Managing Quality : Integrating the Supply Chain / S. Thomas Foster. - Third edition. - xxiii, 568 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM.

"Pearson international edition"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Differing perspectives on quality -- Quality theory -- Global supply chain quality and international quality standards -- Strategic quality planning -- The voice of the customer -- The voice of the market -- Quality and innovation in product and process design -- Designing quality services -- Managing supplier quality in the supply chain -- The tools of quality -- Statistically based quality improvement for variables -- Statistically based quality improvement for attributes -- Six sigma management and lean tools -- Managing quality improvement teams and projects -- Implementing and validating the quality system.

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Total quality management.
Quality control.
Quality of products.
Business logistics.

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