Development of Product Family-Based Robust Design: a case study

International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-419

  Kovach, Jami ^a   Cho, Byung Rae ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

product differentiation; product family; quality; robust design

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449083661     PISSN: 14792494     EISSN: 14792753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSCA.2005.008506     Document Type: Article

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