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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right size

Quality management; Six Sigma

Matching tooling and equipment to the job and space requirements of lean production. Right sizing is a process that challenges the complexity of equipment by examining how equipment fits into an ...

capability maturity model (CMM)

Quality management; Six Sigma

A framework that describes the key elements of an effective software process. It’s an evolutionary improvement path from an immature process to a mature, disciplined process. The CMM covers practices ...

cross functional

Quality management; Six Sigma

A term used to describe a process or an activity that crosses the boundary between functions. A cross functional team consists of individuals from more than one organizational unit or function.

value stream mapping

Quality management; Six Sigma

A pencil and paper tool used in two stages. First, follow a product’s production path from beginning to end and draw a visual representation of every process in the material and information flows. ...

internal setup

Quality management; Six Sigma

Die setup procedures that must be performed while a machine is stopped; also known as inner exchange of die.

mean time between failures (MTBF)

Quality management; Six Sigma

The average time interval between failures for repairable product for a defined unit of measure; for example, operating hours, cycles and miles.

pull system

Quality management; Six Sigma

An alternative to scheduling individual processes, in which the customer process withdraws the items it needs from a supermarket and the supplying process produces to replenish what was withdrawn; ...