Relationship between lean six sigma, environmental management systems, and organizational performance in the Malaysian automotive industry

International Journal of Automotive Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1119-1125

  Habidin, N F ^a   Yusof, S M ^b  

^a SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Automotive; Environmental management systems; Lean six sigma; Organizational performance; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LEAN PRODUCTION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PROCESS MONITORING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SIX SIGMA; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

AUTOMOTIVE; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSES (CFA); EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS (EFA); ISO 14001 CERTIFICATION; LEAN SIX SIGMA; MALAYSIAN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84870894643     PISSN: 12299138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12239-012-0114-4     Document Type: Article

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