Bill Smith, a Motorola engineer, introduced Six Sigma to the company in the 1980s. It set the company’s goal for defects per million opportunities at 3.4, a six-sigma deviation from the mean. And then ...

For those who have forgotten, or simply weren’t around a decade or so ago when it was the focus of numerous books, articles, and panel discussions, Six Sigma is a process that relies on statistics and ...

Small businesses eager to enhance the quality of their business processes, products and/or services should consider adopting a strategy known as Six Sigma. Six Sigma aims to identify and correct ...

Six Sigma is a widely used, data-driven, quality improvement process. Manufacturing uses a discipline called “Lean” (lean manufacturing) that focuses on process speed and efficiency. This process has ...

Author-developed evidence chain adapts Lean Six Sigma Define and Measure logic to help practitioner researchers build ...

To the casual observer, Professor Wendy Martin is a smart, mechanical engineer who, before entering the world of education, built a successful career in the beverage container industry perfecting the ...

Blend a structured approach for solving problems with a scoop of project management and a helping of statistical tools. Add a side of common sense. What do you have? Six Sigma. Though often associated ...

The words “Six Sigma” likely conjure thoughts of a manufacturing floor rather than an engineering simulation. Manufacturing, after all, is what the method for eliminating defects is most closely ...

The Difference Between 3 Sigma & 6 Sigma. It's a quality assurance truism that you can't inspect quality into a product. For a statistician, the difference between three sigma and six sigma is a ...