Modelling the barriers of six sigma using interpretive structural modelling

International Journal of Business Excellence

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-110

  Soti, Ashish ^a   Kaushal, O P ^a   Shankar, Ravi ^b  

^a RKG Institute of Technology   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Barriers; Interpretive structural modelling; ISM; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649789120     PISSN: 17560047     EISSN: 17560055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2011.037251     Document Type: Article

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