Design for Six Sigma (DFSS): A case study

Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1982-1989

  Franza, Richard M ^a   Chakravorty, Satya S ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

CASE STUDIES; CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES; DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA (DFSS); INTERNATIONAL (CO); NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT (NPD); NEW PRODUCTS; PORTLAND; PRODUCT PROJECTS;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 47849104028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PICMET.2007.4349526     Document Type: Conference Paper

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