Benchmarking Six Sigma application in Brazil: Best practices in the use of the methodology

Benchmarking

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-134

  Miguel, Paulo Augusto Cauchick ^a   Andrietta, João Marcos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Elastotec Ind and Com ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Best practice; Brazil; Quality improvement; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249124495     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770910936559     Document Type: Article

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