By – Deepali Dixit Ashutosh Asthana Astha Purohit Kasaiah Ravilla Manas Gupta

Bhupendra Jangid

Six Sigma is a set of tools and strategies for process improvement originally developed by Motorola in 1986

Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects

A six sigma process is one in which 99.99966% of the products manufactured are statistically expected to be free of defects (3.4 defects per million)

It is a statistical concept that measures a process in terms of defects

A philosophy and a goal – as perfect as practically possible

A symbol of quality

Why six Sigma

Where can 6 sigma be applied

6 Sigma Methods

Service

Design

Purchase

ProductionQuality

Department

Administration

Management

HRM

Six Sigma Level

Define the project goals and customer deliverables

Measure the process to determine current performance

Six Sigma Phases (DMAIC)

Define

Measure

Analyze and determine the root cause of the defects.

Improve the process by eliminating defects

Control future process performance

Improve

Control

Analyze

Companies those who have successfully adopted ‘ 6 sigma ‘ Strategies include -

Six Sigma Companies

Generates sustained success

Sets performance goal for everyone

Enhances value for customers

Accelerates rates of improvement

Executes strategic change

Benefits of Six Sigma

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Implementation roles