Adoption of six-sigma concept in New Product Development: A literature survey and analysis

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 487-515

  Natarajan, M ^a   Senthil, V ^b   Devadasan, S R ^c   Vijay Mohan, N ^d   Shalij, P R ^e  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (India)

^b Department of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning   (India)

^c PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d Lakshmi Machine Works Limited   (India)

^e Government College of Engineering   (India)

Author keywords

Literature survey; New Product Development; NPD; Reliability; Six sigma; Total Quality Management; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954496068     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2011.039666     Document Type: Article

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