The period 1990 to 1993 saw a profound transformation within Swedish industry. This transformation took place in response to the deepest recession experienced in decades. Companies responded by searching for different methods to increase their competitive power. One approach in these efforts was to increase efficiency through the use of different comprehensive quality concepts. Different advoca…
Integration and co-operation are today considered to be a necessary element for the proper functioning of modern industrial concepts, which include simultaneous or concurrent engineering within product development, lean production within production, and total quality management within modern quality work. The issues concerning integration and co-operation are treated differently by different au…