Scope of Six Sigma in Indian foundry operations: A case study

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-97

  Singh, Bikram Jit ^a   Khanduja, Dinesh ^a  

^a National Institute of Technology   (India)

Author keywords

AMP; Automotive mission plan; Contour plot; Cost of poor quality; Critical to quality variables; India; Measurement system analysis; MSA; P chart; Process audit sheet; Process mapping; Response surface methodology; RSM; Sigma calculator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864653222     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2012.048276     Document Type: Article

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