Quality and productivity improvement through Six Sigma in foundry industry

International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 258-280

  Desai, Darshak A ^a  

^a G H PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Define measure analyse improve control; DMAIC; Foundry industries; Indian industries; Productivity; Quality; Six Sigma; Small scale industry; SSI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857268128     PISSN: 17466474     EISSN: 17466482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPQM.2012.045195     Document Type: Review

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