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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facilitator

Quality management; Six Sigma

A specifically trained person who functions as a teacher, coach and moderator for a group, team or organization.

sanitizing

Quality management; Six Sigma

English translation of seiso, one of the Japanese 5S’s used for workplace organization. Sanitizing (also referred to as shining or sweeping) is the act of cleaning the work area. Dirt is often the ...

error proofing

Quality management; Six Sigma

Use of process or design features to prevent the acceptance or further processing of nonconforming products. Also known as “mistake proofing.”

gage repeatability and reproducibility (GR&R)

Quality management; Six Sigma

The evaluation of a gauging instrument’s accuracy by determining whether its measurements are repeatable (there is close agreement among a number of consecutive measurements of the output for the ...

compliance

Quality management; Six Sigma

The state of an organization that meets prescribed specifications, contract terms, regulations or standards.

sifting

Quality management; Six Sigma

English translation of Japanese seiri, one of the 5S’s used for workplace organization. Sifting involves screening through unnecessary materials and simplifying the work environment. Sifting is ...