Selection of six sigma projects in the UK

TQM Magazine

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 514-527

  Banuelas, Ricardo ^a   Tennant, Charles ^a   Tuersley, Ian ^a   Tang, Shao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Project management; Six sigma; Surveys; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PARETO PRINCIPLE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

GEOGRAPHICAL DIVERSITY; SIX SIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33748699781     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780610685485     Document Type: Article

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