Modeling the enablers of Six Sigma using interpreting structural modeling

Journal of Modelling in Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-141

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

^a RAJ KUMAR GOEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

India; Modelling; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052104999     PISSN: 17465664     EISSN: 17465672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465661011060989     Document Type: Article

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