...Sunil Sharma; Anuradha R. Chetiya Purpose The success of Six Sigma implementation is known to depend on a number of critical factors. The purpose of this paper is to explore and analyse Six Sigma critical success factors (CSFs) in the context of Indian manufacturing organizations. Design...

...Hakeem Ur Rehman; Muhammad Asif; Muhammad Aamir Saeed; Muhammad Asim Akbar; Muhammad Usman Awan Purpose The aim of this case study‐based paper is to study the application of Six Sigma, a breakthrough improvement strategy in the field of cell site construction of a telecom company. Design...

...Sang‐Chan Park; Sang‐Chul Lee; Jung Lang Cheng Purpose The aim of this paper is to examine the impact of implementing Six Sigma system on job satisfaction and employee morale, and how job satisfaction, employee morale and Six Sigma implementation are to support each other. Design/methodology...

...Sang‐Chan Park; Sang‐Chul Lee; Chuen‐Sheng Cheng; Chi‐Ming Kuan Purpose Define, measure, analyze, improve and control (DMAIC) and define, measure, analyze, design and verify (DMADV) are two Six Sigma methodologies that improve quality in a process or product. In general, if the product design...

... methods, plan‐do‐check‐act (PDCA) methods and other improvement solutions, but it is only can be improved partially and unable to enhance the yield rate of product to the target. It only can takes one step ahead to enhance the process yield rate of motherboard with six sigma (6 σ) overall DMAIC process...

...Yi‐Chan Chung; Tieh‐Min Yen; Yau‐Wen Hsu; Chih‐Hung Tsai; Ching‐Piao Chen When facing the global severe competition, the enterprises all try their best to upgrade the quality, reduce the costs to reach the goal of customer satisfaction. Motorola was the earliest firm creating the term Six Sigma (6...

... Development (LPD) and/or Design for Six Sigma (DFSS). This study attempts to identify differences and similarities between these methodologies and the connection between them. This comparison is of interest to practitioners that must choose a strategy for their product development as well as to researchers...

...Yumin Liu A COQ model plays an important role in the total quality cost survey. Based on the methodology of continuous quality improvement, a dynamic COQ model for different quality level is developed in this paper. A quality level is defined by Six Sigma level that can be measured by two...

...Djoko Setijono; Jens J. Dahlgaard The Six Sigma and Lean Production methodologies suggest that creating value for customers is the objective of a production process or an organisation. In the production context, “added value” dominates the discussion about the creation of value to customers...

... Publishing Limited 2006 Six Sigma Lean DFSS Creative value design ...

...Kang Koon Lee; Sangbok Ree; Young H. Park Six Sigma uses DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) methodology as the process of a solving problem. Enterprises already propelling Six Sigma successfully, such as Motorola, GE and consulting companies, also traditionally propose DMAIC...

...Young‐Taek Park; Hyun‐Jung Kang Six sigma is much less of a technical program than it is a leadership and cultural change program. Nevertheless, most of literatures on six sigma have mainly focused on technical and tactical aspects. This paper introduces a self‐assessment for six sigma initiative...

...Sung H. Park; Young H. Park This is an R&D project on design optimization of the inner shield of the Omega colour picture tube at Samsung SDI in Korea. This was an R&D project which basically used the IDOV (Identify, Design, Optimize, Validate) process for Six Sigma implementation. Most Six...

...Hasan Akpolat Despite the fact that much has been published about Six Sigma in the business and academic press and on the Internet in recent years, there is still confusion among many people, particularly those who work in the transactional and service environments, about the nature of Six Sigma...

...Sung H. Park A new term Data Technology (DT) is defined, and its roles in modern technology are explained. Next, knowledge‐based Six Sigma (KBSS) is proposed, and how the methodologies how it can be implemented in industry are suggested. Also the relationship between DT and KBSS is commented...

...Hasan Adpolat; Jichao Xu The quality improvement methodology Six Sigma gained enormous international popularity in the past few years, mainly due to its successful implementation at General Electric. Six Sigma is now commonly understood not only as a statistical measure for process performance (6σ...

...Lou Magritzer, PE; Jichao Xu Any suggestion’s Six Sigma program may be at high risk without heeding the lessons learned from the past and that tries to operate without a robust business foundation. A foundation that preferably should consist of stepping‐stones such as a 5‐S house‐keeping program...

...Sung H. Park Six Sigma was introduced into Korea in 1997, and it is regarded as a fascinating management strategy in many Korean companies. First of all, the reasons why Six Sigma is fascinating are given and a smart way to introduce Six Sigma is illustrated. Seven step procedures to introduce Six...

...Dag Kroslid More than a decade after their development and first wave of deployment, Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing have recently returned on the corporate agendas of a larger number of corporations across industries and supply chains. In the wake of their re‐surge, this commentary addresses...