Fortification of six sigma: Expanding the DMAIC toolset

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-18

  Tang, Loon Ching ^a   Goh, Thong Ngee ^a   Lam, Shao Wei ^a   Zhang, Cai Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Hitachi Asia Ltd Singapore   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Black belt training; Management science; Operations research; Queueing; Six sigma

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PERSONNEL TRAINING; QUEUEING THEORY;

BLACK BELT TRAINING; SIX SIGMA;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 33847102776     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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