Businesses that want to improve overall quality are often faced with the difficult task of selecting the most effective quality improvement technique from available options such as Six Sigma and ISO 9000. For selecting the most suitable technique, businesses will have to look at the merits of each of these techniques and determine their applicability […]
Six Sigma projects can be defined as the process through which companies are able to reduce defects and improve the quality of business processes. However, the success of any Six Sigma project depends on a number of factors such as clearly defined objectives, management support and approval, and proper training of Six Sigma teams associated […]
Six Sigma is usually associated with the complete overhaul of existing business processes, to reduce shortcomings and improve the quality of goods and services. Due to this belief, many companies with insufficient resources often avoid implementing the 6 Sigma concepts and methodologies in their business processes. These companies are often unaware that the Six Sigma […]
Six Sigma implementation projects involve the collection and analysis of huge amounts of raw statistical data related to various aspects of a given business process. Collection and analysis of raw statistical data is necessary because it helps in the decision making process. Decisions that are backed by figures and statistics are more likely to produce […]
Although Six Sigma was originally devised as a quality improvement technique for the manufacturing industry, it is now increasingly being adopted by the services industry as well. The basic concepts and methodologies are more or less the same in the services sector where they are applied to both operational and non-operational processes.
Defining Six Sigma
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Six Sigma is a quality improvement technique that aims at reducing wastage by restricting the number of defects to not more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities that might exist for such defects to occur. Reduced wastage naturally results in lower production costs, which in turn helps an organization to maximize profits. Six Sigma also […]
Six Sigma concepts and methodologies are deployed in an organization through project implementations. The basic objective of all Six Sigma implementations is to reduce wastage by improving the efficiency of existing business processes. The aim is to design near-perfect business processes wherein the number of defects is no more than 3.4 per million opportunities that […]
Six Sigma implementations aim at achieving near perfect production wherein the number of defects is substantially reduced. However, implementations are definitely not easy because they often require a major overhaul of existing business processes, which in turn requires extensive analysis and documentation.
Understanding The Six Sigma Pyramid
Six Sigma quality levels can be described with […]
Six Sigma quality improvement concepts and methodologies were originally devised for use in the manufacturing sector but with the development of newer technologies, it is now increasingly being implemented in the services sector as well.
The basic aim of Six Sigma implementation projects is to reduce wastage of scarce resources by reducing the number of […]
Six Sigma is a quality improvement technique that was originally devised by the Motorola Company in the 1970’s. At that time, U.S. companies were facing stiff competition from Japanese companies that somehow managed to manufacture better quality products. The Motorola Company realized this when a Japanese firm took over its television manufacturing unit and drastically […]