Reducing exposed copper on annular rings in a PCB factory through implementation of a Six Sigma project

Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 863-876

  Lee, Kuo Liang ^a   Wei, Chun Chin ^a   Lee, Hsu Hua ^b  

^a Ching Yun University   (China)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

DMAIC; PCB; Project management; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349862905     PISSN: 14783363     EISSN: 14783371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14783360903128322     Document Type: Article

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