Six Sigma In Metaphor: Heresy Or Holy Writ?

Quality Progress

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-30

  Edgeman, Rick L ^a,b   Bigio, David I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; SIX SIGMA PROCESS;

CODES (STANDARDS); COST EFFECTIVENESS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPECIFICATIONS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 1642395713     PISSN: 0033524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (11)

1. Thompson Chain-Reference Bible: New International Version, Numbers 13:1-33 and Deuteronomy 1:19-40, B.B. Kirkbride Bible Co., 1990.
2. Thompson Chain-Reference Bible: New International Version, Numbers 13:1-33 and Deuteronomy 1:19-40, B.B. Kirkbride Bible Co., 1990.
3. Ibid, Numbers 14:3.
4. Ibid, Joshua 3-4.
5. Rick Edgeman, David Bigio and Thomas Ferlman, "Six Sigma or Business Excellence: Strategic and Tactical Examination of IT Service Level Management at the Office of the Chief Technology Officer of Washington, DC," Quality & Reliability Engineering International, Vol. 20, 2004. No. and pp. pending.
6. Rick Edgeman, "Six Sigma in Communities of Care: Improved Care via Institutionalized Genius," Business Briefing: Global Healthcare, Vol. 2, 2002, pp. 46-49, World Medical Association - 53rd General Assembly, London, UK.
7. James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones, Lean Thinking, Free Press, 2003.
8. Bengt Klefsjö, Håkan Wiklund and Rick Edgeman, "Six Sigma Seen as a Methodology for Total Quality Management," Measuring Business Excellence, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2001, pp. 31-35.
9. Rick Edgeman, "BEST Business Excellence: An Expanded View," Measuring Business Excellence, Vol. 4, No. 4, 2000, pp. 15-17.
10. Joseph A. De Feo and William W. Barnard, Juran Institute's Six Sigma Breakthrough and Beyond, McGraw-Hill, 2004.
11. I b i d.