Selection of Six Sigma key ingredients (KIs) in Korean companies

TQM Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 611-628

  Cho, Ji Hyun ^a   Lee, Jae Hoon ^b   Ahn, Dong Geun ^c   Jang, Joong Soon ^b  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University   (South Korea)

^c WurldTech Korea Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Key ingredients; Korean company; Quality management; Six Sigma

Indexed keywords

BALDRIGE NATIONAL QUALITY AWARD; COMPANY SIZE; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; EMPIRICAL METHOD; ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC; EVALUATION RESULTS; EXPERT OPINION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMPLEMENTATION PHASIS; KEY INGREDIENTS; KOREAN COMPANY; MASTER BLACK BELTS; QUALITY AWARDS; QUANTITATIVE INDICATORS; RESEARCH LIMITATIONS; SIX SIGMA; SUCCESS FACTORS; SURVEY DATA;

QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS;

WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

EID: 80455168335     PISSN: 17542731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542731111175239     Document Type: Article

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