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Total Quality Management & Business Excellence Volume 23, 2012 - Issue 3-4: From Six Sigma and Lean Production to Lean Six Sigma and Lean Services
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A six sigma case study in a large-scale automotive supplier company in Turkey

Murat Tanik Department of Econometrics, University of Dokuz Eylul, Izmir, TurkeyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ali Sen Department of Econometrics, University of Dokuz Eylul, Izmir, Turkey
Pages 343-358 | Published online: 10 Jan 2012

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