Improving customer delivery commitments the Six Sigma way: Case study of an Indian small scale industry

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-47

  Desai, Darshak A ^a  

^a Mechanical Engineering Department   (India)

Author keywords

BaseLine Six Sigma; Defects Per Million Opportunity (DPMO); DMAIC methodology; High level process map; Six Sigma; Small scale industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646755166     PISSN: 14792494     EISSN: 14792753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2006.009368     Document Type: Article

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