A strategic assessment of Six Sigma

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 403-410

  Goh, T N ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Design for Six Sigma; Knowledge management; Knowledge based economy; Quality engineering; Quality management; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036751776     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.491     Document Type: Review

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