Green lean and the need for Six Sigma

International Journal of Lean Six Sigma

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 226-248

  Garza Reyes, Jose Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DMAIC; Green; Lean; Six sigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930485232     PISSN: 20404166     EISSN: 20404174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJLSS-04-2014-0010     Document Type: Article

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