Communicating six sigma's benefits to top management

Measuring Business Excellence

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 19-27

  Freiesleben, Johannes ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Investments; Prices; Profit; Quality costs; Quality management; Six sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745017142     PISSN: 13683047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13683040610668675     Document Type: Article

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