Six Sigma awareness in Central Indian SMEs

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 200-212

  Deshmukh, S V ^a   Lakhe, R R ^b  

^a Bapurao Deshmukh College of Engineering   (India)

^b Shreyas Quality Management System   (India)

Author keywords

India; Quality approach; Quality management; Six Sigma; Small and medium sized enterprises; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650749780     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2010.030742     Document Type: Article

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