The AMSE Lean Six Sigma governance model

International Journal of Lean Six Sigma

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 233-266

  Arcidiacono, Gabriele ^a   Costantino, Nico ^b   Yang, Kai ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME G MARCONI   (Italy)

^b Leanprove   (Italy)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AMSE Model; Continuous improvement sustainability; LSS Board; LSS deployment; Operational excellence framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 84982908782     PISSN: 20404166     EISSN: 20404174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJLSS-06-2015-0026     Document Type: Article

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