Six Sigma for the Rest of Us
- Topics:
- Six Sigma
- Tags:
- Business Operations,
- It Operations,
- Process Improvement,
- Quality,
- Quality Digest,
- Six Sigma,
- Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000
- Source:
- Quality Digest
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Overview: Within large corporations, Six Sigma’s popularity as a means of improving quality and reducing costs continues to increase. However, the same can’t be said of small and medium-sized organizations, which, as a rule, have been less enthusiastic about adopting Six Sigma. Nevertheless, smaller companies should consider that business process principles underlying the Six Sigma approach, offer an effective means for significantly improving their performance levels. Six Sigma offers a structured method to improve performance. Its methodology is based on established statistical process control techniques, data analysis methods and systematic training of all personnel involved in the activity or process targeted by the program. This approach incorporates five critical processes: define, measure, analyze, improve and control and has been discussd in brief. With a successfully implemented Six Sigma initiative, small and medium-sized businesses can expect to improve service excellence and realize significant cost savings.
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Format: HTML | Date: Sep 2003 | Pages: 1
