Impact of Six Sigma in a developing economy: Analysis on benefits drawn by indian industries

Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 517-538

  Desai, Darshak A ^a   Patel, Mulchand B ^b  

^a G H PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Government Engineering College   (India)

Author keywords

Benefits; Developing economy; Impact; Indian industries; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROCESS MONITORING; SIX SIGMA; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

BENEFITS; BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; IMPACT; INDIAN INDUSTRIES; OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 78650722182     PISSN: 20138423     EISSN: 20130953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3926/jiem.2009.v2n3.p517-538     Document Type: Article

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