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Reality check of Six Sigma for Business Excellence

Pages 575-582 | Published online: 19 May 2008

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Pedro Carlos Oprime, Márcio Lopes Pimenta, Daniel Jugend & Roy Andersson. (2021) Financial impacts of innovation in Six Sigma projects. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 32:7-8, pages 829-851.
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Gianni Campatelli, Paolo Citti & Andrea Meneghin. (2011) Development of a simplified approach based on the EFQM model and Six Sigma for the implementation of TQM principles in a university administration. Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 22:7, pages 691-704.
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Roy Andersson & Yinef Pardillo-Baez. (2020) The Six Sigma framework improves the awareness and management of supply-chain risk. The TQM Journal 32:5, pages 1021-1037.
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Loukas K Tsironis & Alexandros G. Psychogios. (2016) Road towards Lean Six Sigma in service industry: a multi-factor integrated framework. Business Process Management Journal 22:4, pages 812-834.
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Zlatko Nedelko & Vojko Potocan. 2016. Handbook of Research on Managerial Strategies for Achieving Optimal Performance in Industrial Processes. Handbook of Research on Managerial Strategies for Achieving Optimal Performance in Industrial Processes 545 561 .
Erika Lourdes González Rosas, Andrés Carrión García & Daniel Palacios Marqués. (2015) El liderazgo por competencias y el EFQM. Investigación Administrativa 44-2, pages 1-25.
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Erika Lourdes González Rosas, Andrés Carrión García & Daniel Palacios Marqués. (2015) El liderazgo por competencias y el EFQM. Investigación Administrativa 44-2, pages 1-25.
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Kouroush Jenab & Selva Staub. 2014. Analytical Approaches to Strategic Decision-Making. Analytical Approaches to Strategic Decision-Making 59 76 .
Kouroush Jenab & Selva Staub. (2012) Analyzing Management Style and Successful Implementation of Six Sigma. International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences 3:3, pages 13-23.
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Mohamed Gamal Aboelmaged. (2010) Six Sigma quality: a structured review and implications for future research. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 27:3, pages 268-317.
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Satya S. Chakravorty. (2009) Six Sigma failures: An escalation model. Operations Management Research 2:1-4, pages 44-55.
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