Six Sigma in the service sector: A focus on non-normal data

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-333

  Perry, Leonard ^a   Barker, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Non normal data; Quality; Service sector; Six Sigma; Tools and techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751540711     PISSN: 14792494     EISSN: 14792753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2006.011121     Document Type: Article

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