Reducing mold changing time by implementing Lean Six Sigma

Quality and Reliability Engineering International

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-395

  Lee, Kuo Liang ^a   Wei, Chun Chin ^a  

^a CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dmaic; Lean; Pcb; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TIME; IN-CIRCUIT TESTS; IN-PROCESS; LEAN PRODUCTION; LEAN SIX SIGMA; QUALITY OF PRODUCT; SIX SIGMA;

MOLDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE;

WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

EID: 77954136404     PISSN: 07488017     EISSN: 10991638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qre.1069     Document Type: Article

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