6 Sigma - Introduction

Six Sigma strategies seek to improve the quality of the output of a process by identifying and removing the causes of defects and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes. It uses a set of quality management methods, mainly empirical, statistical methods, and creates a special infrastructure of people within the organization who are experts in these methods. Each Six Sigma project carried out within an organization follows a defined sequence of steps and has specific value targets.

Six Sigma - Benefits

There are numerous benefits of implementing Lean/6 Sigma. These include: 

• Continuous efforts to achieve stable and predictable process results are of vital importance to business success.
• Achieving sustained quality improvement requires commitment from the entire organization, particularly from top-level management.
• Manufacturing and business processes have characteristics that can be defined, measured, analyzed, improved, and controlled.
• Controlling and managing operational risk and effect to enterpreneur.

Six Sigma - Key features

• A clear focus on achieving measurable and quantifiable financial returns from any Six Sigma project.
• A clear commitment to making decisions on the basis of verifiable data and statistical methods, rather than assumptions and guesswork.
• An increased emphasis on strong and passionate management leadership and support.