An empirical investigation into Six Sigma critical success factors

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-252

  Revere, Lee ^a   Kadipasaoglu, Sukran N ^b   Zalila, Faiza ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c DEVRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cost reduction; critical success factors; empirical research; performance improvement; quality management; Six Sigma programs; survey study

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949332748     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2006.008476     Document Type: Article

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