Development and validation of an instrument for six sigma implementation in small and medium sized enterprises

2009 2nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology, ICETET 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 790-797

  Deshmukh, S V ^a   Lakhe, R R ^b  

^a Bapurao Deshmukh College of Engineering   (India)

^b Shreyas Quality Management System   (India)

Author keywords

Six sigma; SMEs

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACTORS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SIX SIGMA; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

METALS;

WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

EID: 77949643008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICETET.2009.79     Document Type: Conference Paper

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