An empirical study on the correlation between Critical DFSS success factors, DFSS implementation activity levels and business competitive advantages in Taiwan's high-tech manufacturers

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 595-607

  Chung, Yi Chan ^a   Hsu, Yau Wen ^a   Tsai, Chih Hung ^a  

^a TA HWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Competitive advantages; Critical success factors; Design for Six Sigma (DFSS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849141562     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360802024408     Document Type: Review

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