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Studying the Interrelationship amongst various Success Factors for Implementing Six Sigma in Indian Manufacturing SMEs

by P. C. Jha, Remica Aggarwal, Bhoomica Aggarwal
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 178 - Number 23
Year of Publication: 2019
Authors: P. C. Jha, Remica Aggarwal, Bhoomica Aggarwal
10.5120/ijca2019919072

P. C. Jha, Remica Aggarwal, Bhoomica Aggarwal . Studying the Interrelationship amongst various Success Factors for Implementing Six Sigma in Indian Manufacturing SMEs. International Journal of Computer Applications. 178, 23 ( Jun 2019), 38-44. DOI=10.5120/ijca2019919072

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author = { P. C. Jha, Remica Aggarwal, Bhoomica Aggarwal },
title = { Studying the Interrelationship amongst various Success Factors for Implementing Six Sigma in Indian Manufacturing SMEs },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { Jun 2019 },
volume = { 178 },
number = { 23 },
month = { Jun },
year = { 2019 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 38-44 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume178/number23/30676-2019919072/ },
doi = { 10.5120/ijca2019919072 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
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Abstract

Present research explores various critical success factors for successful implementation of six sigma methodology to Indian small medium enterprises of manufacturing sector . It further tries to study the interrelationship amongst them using ISM methodology.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Small medium enterprises Interpretive structural modelling methodology Six sigma technique Manufacturing sector

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