Implementation of Six Sigma quality system in Celestica with practical examples

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-88

  Ladani, Leila Jannesari ^a   Das, Diganta ^a   Cartwright, Jerry L ^b   Yenkner, Robert ^c   Razmi, Jafar ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Celestica Inc   (United States)

^c Celestica Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Celestica; Defects reduction; EMS industry; Six Sigma; Soldering; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646749278     PISSN: 14792494     EISSN: 14792753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2006.009370     Document Type: Article

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