Six Sigma is a very hot topic in the business world today. Originally developed by Motorola as a metric and methodology for reducing manufacturing defects, Six Sigma is now used to describe a broader array of process improvement methodologies. The focus of Six Sigma is to eliminate waste, redundancy, and error that result from unnecessarily complex or ill defined business processes. Over the pa...

This paper will apply product capability analysis chart PCAC in Measure step of Six Sigma. Because the test model is sampling, sampling error must be consider. Thus minimum value will be used to evaluate process capability. Besides the paper used minimum value to evaluate process capability, we also applied the concept of Six Sigma in PCAC and construct PCAC of Six Sigma standard. Finally, PCAC...

The present paper discusses the results of a research project going on at Politecnico di Milano, aiming at analysing the idiosyncrasies of Six Sigma implementations in Italian companies. In particular, the project addresses the following research questions, regarding the approach of Italian companies towards Six Sigma: are Italian companies implementing Six Sigma exactly as it was originally co...

Recent advancement in the manufacturing techniques and increased demand of quality products necessitate the use of error reduction techniques. Six sigma developed as such error reduction technique that broaden the limits of quality in order to reduce defects up to 3.4 million per opportunities. Origin of six sigma by Motorola industry proven as the quality assurance technique and validated over...

Six sigma for small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is an emerging topic among many academics and Six Sigma practitioners over the last two to three years. Very few studies have been reported about the successful applications of Six Sigma in SMEs. Main objective of this paper is to examine the extent of usefulness of a simpler but not very frequently used methodology known as the Shainin me...

Six Sigma as a quality improvement framework has been gaining considerable attention in recent years. The hyperbole that often accompanied the presentation and adoption of Six Sigma in industry could lead to unrealistic expectations as to what Six Sigma is truly capable of achieving. In this paper, some strategic perspectives on the subject are presented, highlighting the potential and possible...

Der Beitrag befasst sich mit der Umsetzung des aus dem industriellen Kontext stammenden Prozessverbesserungsansatzes Six Sigma in der Softwareentwicklung. Um den Rahmenbedingungen der Softwareentwicklung gerecht zu werden, muss Six Sigma größtenteils durch Analogien und bereits vorhandene Ansätze in der Softwareentwicklung adaptiert werden. Hierauf wird einzeln für jede Phase des Six Sigma-Vorg...

Large scale Indian manufacturers started implementing Six Sigma to their supply core to fulfill the endless need of high quality products. As well, they initiated encouraging their suppliers to apply the well-ascertain SS management practice and kept no resource for supplier enterprises, generally small midsized enterprises to think for the admittance of Six Sigma as a quality promotion drive. ...