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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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level loading
Quality management; Six Sigma
A technique for balancing production throughput over time. Life cycle stages: Design, manufacturing, assembly, installation, operation and shutdown periods of product development
sustain
Quality management; Six Sigma
The English translation of shitsuke, one of the 5S’s used for workplace organization. Sustaining (also referred to as self-disciplining) is the continuation of sorting, setting in order and ...
International Accreditation Registry (IAR)
Quality management; Six Sigma
A not-for-profit organization that accredits training and certification program results to international standards and guidelines.
out of spec
Quality management; Six Sigma
A term that indicates a unit does not meet a given requirement or specification.
last off part comparison
Quality management; Six Sigma
A comparison of the last part off a production run with a part off the next production run to verify that the quality level is equivalent.
Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications (QuEST) Forum
Quality management; Six Sigma
A partnership of telecommunications suppliers and service providers. The QuEST Forum developed TL 9000.
mistake proofing
Quality management; Six Sigma
Use of production or design features to prevent the manufacture or passing downstream a nonconforming product; also known as “error proofing.”
