Design of innovative six sigma quality management systems

International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-100

  Prabhushankar, G V ^a   Devadasan, S R ^a   Shalij, P R ^b   Thirunavukkarasu, V ^c  

^a PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Government Engineering College   (India)

^c PARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Automobile sector; Benchmarking; Innovation; Process management; QMS standard; Quality management systems; Six Sigma; TS 16949

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650492229     PISSN: 14606739     EISSN: 1741816X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPMB.2009.026410     Document Type: Article

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