TY - BOOK AU - Foster, S. Thomas TI - Managing quality : : integrating the supply chain T2 - Always Learning SN - 978-1-292-15421-3 AV - 658.4013 F81m 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Harlow, Essex, England PB - Pearson Education Limited KW - Quality of products KW - Quality control N1 - Includes index; Preface -- Understanding quality concepts -- Differing perspectives on quality -- Quality theory -- Global supply chain quality and international quality standards -- Designing and assuring quality -- Strategic quality planning -- The voice of the customer -- The voice of the market -- Designing quality services -- Managing supplier quality in the supply chain -- Implementing quality -- The tools of quality -- Statistically based quality improvement for variables -- Statistically based quality improvement for attributes -- Sigma management and lean tools -- Forever improving the quality system -- Managing quality improvement teams and projects -- Implementing and validating the quality system -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Index ER -