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quality management quality management practices in China S.J.Wu,D.Zhang/Int.J.ProductionEconomics144(2013)281–289285 Table2 Assessmentofdiscriminantvalidityandreliabilityofqualitymanagementpractices. Cronbach’saCompositereliabilityEIEPEREPEIIPERIP EIEP0.760.7510.61b 0.630.78EREP0.780.78137.94a 10.430.46EIIP0.900.92172.19289.3210.80ERIP0.84 0.85 80.47258.65142.201 Note:. a Chi-squaredifferencebetweeneachconstrainedmodelandunconstrainedmodelaresummarizedinthelowertriangle. b Correlationamongthefourtypesofqualitymanagementpracticesarereportedintheuppertriangle. Table3 Measurementitemsforoperationsperformance.PerformanceDimensionsMeasurementitems CostUnitcostofmanufacturing QualityConformancetoproductspeci?cationsProductcapabilityandperformanceFlexibility Flexibilitytochangevolume