6 Sigma is a quality management program to achieve “6 sigma” levels of quality. 6 Sigma is a highly disciplined process that helps to focus on developing and delivering near-perfect products and services. Why “Sigma”? The word is a statistical term that measures how far a given process deviates from perfection. The central idea [...]
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6 Sigma Mystique Takes Beating In Downturn ‘SICK SIGMA’ It has always been easy to ridicule 6 Sigma. The name — given by Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Inc, which codified 6 Sigma in the 1980s and trademarked it — is a statistical term, meaningless to lay ears and yet vaguely sinister, perhaps conjuring thoughts of a [...]
Developed in the 1950s by Japanese companies like Toyota under the tutelage of U.S. Quality guru W. Edwards Deming, the practices now referred to as 6 Sigma were originally just a way of reducing waste and cost on the factory floor, while improving quality, delivery and services. In the 1970s, U.S. manufacturers began adopting it [...]
