Design of six sigma supply chains

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-57

  Garg, D ^a   Narahari, Y ^a   Viswanadham, N ^b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b The Logistics Institute Asia Pacific   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cycle time compression; Delivery probability (DP); Delivery sharpness (DS); Motorola six sigma (MSS) quality; Process capability indexes (PCIs); Process synchronization; Six sigma supply chains; Supply chain lead time; Variability reduction

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TIME COMPRESSION; DELIVERY PROBABILITY (DP); DELIVERY SHARPNESS (DS); MOTOROLA SIX SIGMA (MSS) QUALITY;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 3042674282     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2004.829436     Document Type: Article

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