Information technology and six sigma implementation

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Hsieh, Chang Tseh ^a   Lin, Binshan ^b   Manduca, Bill ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Process improvement; Six sigma methodology; Strategic use of IS IT

Indexed keywords

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SIX SIGMA PROCESS; SIX-SIGMA METHODOLOGY; STRATEGIC USE OF IS/IT; SYSTEMS AND INFORMATION; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

EID: 34547867066     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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