6 Sigma
Essay by 24 • March 17, 2011 • 318 Words (2 Pages) • 1,490 Views
Six Sigma: What Its All About!
 It is a methodology for continuous improvement
 It is a methodology for creating products/ processes that perform at high standards
 It is a set of statistical and other quality tools arranged in unique way
 It is a way of knowing where you are and where you could be!
 It is a Quality Philosophy and a management technique
Six Sigma is not:
 A standard
 A certification
 Another metric like percentage
Six Sigma: Its Power!
 The main thrust of Six Sigma is to reduce the errors and waste in every kind of business endeavor to please the customers and fatten the bottom line.
 Mainly aims at reducing the number of defects i.e. 3.4 defects per million opportunities or 99.99966% productivity.
 So six sigma implementation practically implies- If you played 100 rounds of golf per year, and played at 6 sigma - you'd miss 1 putt every 163 years!
 Has been successfully implemented by the Mumbai dubbawalas who have just 3 defects every year while delivery of dubbas.
 Six Sigma if implemented would result in
- Just 7 lost mails per hour on the World Wide Web.
- One minute of unsafe drinking water in the entire globe every 7 months.
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