A rational reconstruction of Six-Sigma's breakthrough cookbook

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 766-787

  De Koning, Henk ^a   De Mast, Jeroen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Quality management; Research methods; Six sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746365185     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710610701044     Document Type: Article

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