A case study: Application of Six Sigma methodology in a small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprise

The TQM Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-16

  Kaushik, Prabhakar ^a   Khanduja, Dinesh ^b   Mittal, Kapil ^c   Jaglan, Pawan ^b  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c YIET   (India)

Author keywords

DMAIC; DPMO; India; Manufacturing industries; Six Sigma; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

DMAIC; DPMO; INDIA; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; SIX SIGMA; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

BICYCLES; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; PROFITABILITY; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84555190815     PISSN: 17542731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542731211191186     Document Type: Article

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