A review and comparison of six sigma and the lean organisations

TQM Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-262

  Bendell, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Production improvement; Quality; Six sigma

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTION IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY; SIX SIGMA;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 33646878083     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780610659989     Document Type: Article

References (9)

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3. Bendell, T. (2002b), "Policy deployment and six sigma", Proceedings of MAAOE 3rd International Research Conference on Organisational Excellence, University of Paisley, Scotland, 11-13 September.
4. Bendell, T. and Corke, N. (2001), "Using your brain", Quality World, January, pp. 28-30.
5. Bendell, T. and Marra, T. (2002), "Six sigma analysed", Quality World, April, pp. 16-18.
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