Six-sigma and the revival of TQM

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1281-1286

  Green, Forrest B ^a  

^a RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black belts; Leadership; Quality; Six sigma processes; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845616314     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360600753711     Document Type: Article

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