Radiation oncology Lean Six Sigma project selection based on patient and staff input into a modified quality function deployment

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 196-208

  Bonilla, Claribel ^a   Pawlicki, Todd ^b   Perry, Leonard ^a   Wesselink, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare; House of quality; Lean Six Sigma; Project selection; QFD; Quality function deployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749172208     PISSN: 14792494     EISSN: 14792753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2008.021836     Document Type: Article

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