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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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Dodge-Romig sampling plans
Quality management; Six Sigma
Plans for acceptance sampling developed by Harold F. Dodge and Harry G. Romig. Four sets of tables were published in 1940: single sampling lot tolerance tables, double sampling lot tolerance tables, ...
gap analysis
Quality management; Six Sigma
The comparison of a current condition to the desired state.
balanced plant
Quality management; Six Sigma
A plant in which the capacity of all resources is balanced exactly with market demand.
scientific management/approach
Quality management; Six Sigma
A term referring to the intent to find and use the best way to perform tasks to improve quality, productivity and efficiency.
functional layout
Quality management; Six Sigma
The practice of grouping machines (such as grinding machines) or activities (such as order entry) by type of operation performed.
MIL-Q-9858A
Quality management; Six Sigma
A military standard that describes quality program requirements.
one-touch exchange of dies
Quality management; Six Sigma
The reduction of die setup to a single step.
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