A study on the improvements of new product development procedure performance-an application of design for Six Sigma in a semi-conductor equipment manufacturer

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5573-5591

  Jou, Y T ^a   Chen, C H ^b   Hwang, C H ^a   Lin, W T ^b   Huang, S J ^b  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Design for Six Sigma (DFSS); factor analysis; new product development (NPD); performance matrix; theory of constraints (TOC)

Indexed keywords

CAUSES ANALYSIS; DESIGN FOR SIX SIGMA; EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GLOBAL COMPETITION; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE MATRICES; PRODUCT LIFE; PRODUCT QUALITY; SEMI-CONDUCTOR; SIX SIGMA; THEORY OF CONSTRAINT;

COMPETITION; DESIGN; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77955578735     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540903119176     Document Type: Article

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