A qualitative evaluation of suppliers in a supply network using Six Sigma criterion

International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-76

  Fazlollahtabar, Hamed ^a   Hajmohammadi, Hamed ^a   Khadem, Ali ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (Iran)

Author keywords

0 1 integer programming; Control charts; Six Sigma; Supply network

Indexed keywords

CONTROL CHARTS; FLOWCHARTING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROCESS MONITORING; SIX SIGMA; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

0/1 INTEGER PROGRAMMING; BUYING DECISIONS; CONTROL DISCIPLINES; EVALUATION PROBLEMS; GLOBAL MARKETPLACES; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS; QUALITATIVE PARAMETERS; SUPPLY NETWORKS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84857351825     PISSN: 17558077     EISSN: 17558085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJADS.2012.044947     Document Type: Article

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