Abstract
The fact that quality and productivity go hand in-hand and not against each other has gained much support in the literature. There is a need to develop a conceptual framework that analyses transitions in quality and productivity simultaneously and establishes a rationale to demonstrate their relationship explicity. Companies keep investing in quality-related activities. In pursuit of excellent to a point that these investments become counter-productive. Such a conceptual framework can help management decision-making in quality-related investments. The primary objective of this paper is to develop a conceptual framework linking quality and total productivity which can act as a yardstick for management in quality related decisions. The application of this conceptual framework is demonstrated by a hypothetical example.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 331-347 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | International Journal of Materials and Product Technology |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1992 |
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Strategic framework linking quality and productivity. / Arora, D. P S; Sumanth, D. J.
In: International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, Vol. 7, No. 4, 01.12.1992, p. 331-347.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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