Design for six sigma and lean product development

International Journal of Lean Six Sigma

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-58

  Gremyr, Ida ^a   Fouquet, Jean Baptiste ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ALTRAN TECHNOLOGIES   (France)

Author keywords

Design for Six Sigma; Lean product development; Lean production; Six Sigma; Six Sigma and lean production

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904467322     PISSN: 20404166     EISSN: 20404174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20401461211223722     Document Type: Article

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