Challenges to six sigma in a high technology mass-manufacturing environments

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 15, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 699-706

  McAdam, Rodney ^a   Evans, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case analysis; High technology; Mass manufacturing; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042675152     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360410001680189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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