Conceptualisation of Total Six Sigma Function Deployment through literature snapshots

International Journal of Applied Management Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-122

  Thirunavukkarasu, V ^a   Devadasan, S R ^b   Prabhushankar, G V ^b   Murugesh, R ^c   Senthilkumar, K M ^d  

^a PARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Oppis Ready Foods   (India)

^d Department of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning   (India)

Author keywords

DMAIC; QFD; Quality Function Deployment; Service industry; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949317017     PISSN: 17558913     EISSN: 17558921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJAMS.2008.020042     Document Type: Review

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