Cluster-based six sigma deployment in small and medium sized enterprises

ICMIT 2006 Proceedings - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 788-792

  Pantano, V ^a   O'Kane, P ^a   Smith, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; PERSONNEL SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; SIGMA DEPLOYMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SME);

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249695988     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMIT.2006.262328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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