Applicability of Six Sigma for asset management

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 4, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 730-741

  Chattopadhyay, Gopi ^a   Varma, Vineet H ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asset management; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149173633     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2009.025194     Document Type: Article

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