Going from six sigma to design for six sigma: An exploratory study using analytic hierarchy process

TQM Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 334-344

  Bañuelas, Ricardo ^a   Antony, Jiju ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Business process re engineering; Process management

Indexed keywords

QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REENGINEERING; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT; PROCESS MANAGEMENT;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0141988747     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780310487730     Document Type: Article

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