Critical success factors of six-sigma implementation: An analytic hierarchy process based study

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 303-319

  Laosirihongthong, Tritos ^a   Rahman, Shams Ur ^b   Saykhun, Khammee ^c  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c Magnecomp Precision Technology Co Ltd Black Belt   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); critical factors; multinational company; Six Sigma; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949330033     PISSN: 02198770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877006000818     Document Type: Article

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