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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average run lengths (ARL)

Quality management; Six Sigma

On a control chart, the number of subgroups expected to be inspected before a shift in magnitude takes place.

results

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The effects that an organization obtains at the conclusion of a time period.

good manufacturing practices (GMP)

Quality management; Six Sigma

Requirements governing the quality procedures of medical device manufacturers.

deming prize

Quality management; Six Sigma

Award given annually to organizations that, according to the award guidelines, have successfully applied companywide quality control based on statistical quality control and will continue to do so. ...

central tendency

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The tendency of data gathered from a process to cluster toward a middle value somewhere between the high and low values of measurement.

lower control limit (LCL)

Quality management; Six Sigma

Control limit for points below the central line in a control chart.

analysis of means (ANOM)

Quality management; Six Sigma

A statistical procedure for troubleshooting industrial processes and analyzing the results of experimental designs with factors at fixed levels. It provides a graphical display of data. Ellis R. Ott ...