Case study in Six Sigma methodology: Manufacturing quality improvement and guidance for managers

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 624-640

  Antony, Jiju ^a   Gijo, E V ^b   Childe, S J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cause validation plan; classification and regression tree; DMAIC; matrix plot; process capability evaluation; regression analysis; Six Sigma; Taguchi methods

Indexed keywords

CAUSE VALIDATION PLAN; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; DMAIC; PROCESS CAPABILITIES; SIX SIGMA;

FORESTRY; MANUFACTURE; PROFITABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TAGUCHI METHODS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

CLASSIFICATION; FORESTRY; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICS; PROFITABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TREES;

EID: 84862533011     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2011.576404     Document Type: Article

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