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Dirgo, Robert.  Look forward beyond lean and Six Sigma / by Robert Dirgo.    p. cm.  Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-932159-46-0 (hardback : alk. paper)

HD62.15.D57 2005

658.4'013 dc22 2005011210

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