Leading business improvement: A new role for statisticians and quality professionals

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-242

  Snee, Ronald D ^a  

^a Tunnell Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Improvement; Leadership; Process; Quality professionals; Six Sigma; Statisticians

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

LEADERSHIP; QUALITY PROFESSIONALS; SIX SIGMA; STATISTICIANS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 15744372533     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.634     Document Type: Article

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