Lean Six Sigma in a hospital

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 377-388

  Van den Heuvel, Jaap ^a   Does, Ronald J M M ^b   de Koning, Henk ^b  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hospital; Lean manufacturing; Lean Six Sigma; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846805902     PISSN: 14792494     EISSN: 14792753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2006.011566     Document Type: Article

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