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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alliance

Quality management; Six Sigma

Both a strategy and a formal relationship between a supplier and a customer that engenders cooperation for the benefit of both parties.

quality trilogy

Quality management; Six Sigma

A three-pronged approach to managing for quality. The three legs are quality planning (developing the products and processes required to meet customer needs), quality control (meeting product and ...

lean production

Quality management; Six Sigma

An initiative focused on eliminating all waste in manufacturing processes. Principles of lean manufacturing include zero waiting time, zero inventory, scheduling (internal customer pull instead of ...