Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Originally developed by Motorola in 1986, Six Sigma is quality management method that helps organizations to improve the capability of their business processes. This increase in performance and decrease in process variation lead to defect reduction and improvement in profits, employee morale and quality of products or services.

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seiban

Quality management; Six Sigma

The name of a Japanese management practice taken from the words sei, which means manufacturing, and ban, which means number. A seiban number is assigned to all parts, materials and purchase orders ...

team

Quality management; Six Sigma

A group of individuals organized to work together to accomplish a specific objective.

type II error

Quality management; Six Sigma

An incorrect decision to accept something when it is unacceptable.

BS 7799

Quality management; Six Sigma

A standard written by British commerce, government and industry stakeholders to address information security management issues, including fraud, industrial espionage and physical disaster. Might ...

production analysis board

Quality management; Six Sigma

A job site board on which hourly production targets are recorded, along with the actual production achieved. Details concerning problems and abnormal conditions are also recorded. Management checks ...