Quality data and reporting (Q index)
Operations1 sample item
About this scale
Eight quality management practices were identified by the authors: customer focus, employee relations, management leadership, process management, product/service design, quality data and reporting, supplier quality management, and training.
Sample item(s)
“Availability of quality data (error rates, defect rates, scrap, defects, etc.). (0.80)”
Notes
Index context: Q.
Source & citation
Kaynak/Hartley (2008): A replication and extension of quality management into the supply chain. Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 468–489.
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