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  2. Six Sigma - Wikipedia

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    Six Sigma (6σ) is a set of techniques and tools for process improvement. It was introduced by American engineer Bill Smith while working at Motorola in 1986. [1][2] Six Sigma strategies seek to improve manufacturing quality by identifying and removing the causes of defects and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes.

  3. Lean Six Sigma - Wikipedia

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    Lean Six Sigma is a synergized managerial concept of Lean and Six Sigma. [5] Lean traditionally focuses on eliminating the eight kinds of waste ("muda"), and Six Sigma focuses on improving process output quality by identifying and removing the causes of defects (errors) and minimizing variability in (manufacturing and business) processes.

  4. Operational excellence - Wikipedia

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    Operational excellence. Operational excellence refers to the systematic implementation of principles and tools designed to enhance organizational performance and create a culture focused on continuous improvement. It enables employees at all levels to identify, deliver, and enhance the flow of value to customers.

  5. Quality management - Wikipedia

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    Six Sigma — 6σ, Six Sigma combines established methods such as statistical process control, design of experiments and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) in an overall framework. PDCA — plan, do, check, act cycle for quality control purposes. (Six Sigma's DMAIC method (define, measure, analyze, improve, control) may be viewed as a ...

  6. W. Edwards Deming - Wikipedia

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    Higher level of uniform product quality; Improvement of product testing in the workplace and in research centers; Greater sales through side [global] markets; Deming is best known in the United States for his 14 Points (Out of the Crisis, by W. Edwards Deming, preface) and his system of thought he called the "System of Profound Knowledge". The ...

  7. DMAIC - Wikipedia

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    DMAIC. DMAIC or define, measure, analyze, improve and control[1] (pronounced dÉ™-MAY-ick) refers to a data-driven improvement cycle used for optimizing and stabilizing business processes and designs. The DMAIC improvement cycle is the core tool used to drive Six Sigma projects. However, DMAIC is not exclusive to Six Sigma and can be used as the ...

  8. Design for Six Sigma - Wikipedia

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    Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) is a collection of best-practices for the development of new products and processes. It is sometimes deployed as an engineering design process or business process management method. DFSS originated at General Electric to build on the success they had with traditional Six Sigma; but instead of process improvement ...

  9. Business process mapping - Wikipedia

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    Business process mapping refers to activities involved in defining what a business entity does, who is responsible, to what standard a business process should be completed, and how the success of a business process can be determined. The main purpose behind business process mapping is to assist organizations in becoming more effective.

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