Six Sigma and its link to TQM, BPR, lean and the learning organisation

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 323-354

  Ricondo, Itziar ^a   Viles, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

business strategy; critical success factors; Six Sigma; tools and techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747436603     PISSN: 14792494     EISSN: 14792753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2005.008095     Document Type: Article

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