Documents tagged 'Sigma'
Published: 28/12/2007
It is true that Six Sigma is based on scientific theories, but you should not forget that a lot more depends on the employees who are entrusted with the task of implementing Six Sigma. You need to realize that Six Sigma project implementations require regular communications between the...
Published: 25/12/2007
Improving Sales Through Better Pricing
Earlier pricing policies were based mostly on supply and demand, but due to increased competition, pricing has gradually shifted towards providing value to customers. With the help of Six Sigma statistical tools, price analysts can make accurate...
Published: 25/12/2007
For instance Raytheon Aircraft's IT division saved almost $500,000 in 2002 from a single project.
For some time now Six Sigma has been voted the perfect methodology for defect reduction in organizations by focusing on the quality of the customer service.
Six Sigma As The Perfect Quality...
Published: 25/12/2007
The Need For Six Sigma Courses
The popularity of Six Sigma has reached such heights in the business world that many corporations have gone on to develop their own institutes; many others have started in-house training for their employees. However, there is still a lot of demand for proper...
Published: 25/12/2007
Six Sigma uses two methodologies, namely DMAIC and DMADV to take care of the existing processes and the new processes that need to be developed for reducing the defects and raising the quality respectively. These two process improvement methodologies are recognized as the finest quality...
Published: 12/12/2007
Six Sigma methodology can be defined as a series of systems of metrics that are used to measure defects and improve the quality of the processes by reducing the defect level to 3.4 in a million opportunities. Motorola was the first corporation to invent and implement Six Sigma in their business...
Published: 12/12/2007
Six Sigma And Business Realities
Although there are some cases of failures when using Six Sigma, they are very rare. Failures usually occur due to improper training of the team. Six Sigma is still looked upon as a strategic business tool - that is the ultimate in inducing improvement and...
Published: 08/12/2007
A question that is often asked is "was Six Sigma developed as a competitor to the existing systems?" But in reality, this question is groundless because Six Sigma was developed independently, like every other quality management system. However, if it pays to have more than one quality management...
Published: 07/12/2007
Present Day Six Sigma Approach
Six Sigma is a much-talked about issue these days. 6 Sigma can be defined as a series of metrics that are used to measure defects and improve quality by the application of a methodology, to reduce defect level to under 3.4 in per million. 6 Sigma was originally...
Published: 07/12/2007
Although one cannot have a project-specific vision right from the very beginning of a Six Sigma initiative, you can develop a comprehensive viewpoint. An all-encompassing viewpoint definitely helps to reach out beyond the scope of the project.
Selecting The Right Project
Six Sigma projects...
