Even the most proven business tools and approaches must adapt as time goes on, morphing to suit the state of the market and today’s companies. Six Sigma is no exception, with multiple branches, ...

This collection of Six Sigma tools covers a wide range of issues with the best practices framework, from statistical techniques, including ANOVA and multi-vari charts to benchmarks, capability and ...

This is the fourth in a series addressing the issues related to semiconductor design-for-yield. For the first three parts see pdf file. Statistical or six-sigma design requires the establishment of ...

Businesses use Six Sigma methods to improve the quality of their manufacturing processes by discovering and correcting the causes of imperfections and errors. The development and pursuit of new ...

Six Sigma, as most people in the business world have heard by now, is a program and toolkit for improving quality in manufacturing processes. Originated by Motorola in the late 1980s, the Six Sigma ...

Its name sounds like a secret society or mathematical equation. Experts on the topic are called "black belts," and volumes have been written about it. The name naturally evokes questions, but in the ...

Lean Six Sigma is a methodology that small businesses can use to reduce waste and improve performance throughout their organization. The approach centers on the use of structured techniques and tools ...

Lean Six Sigma is thriving in healthcare, a distinct change from two decades ago, when the performance improvement methodologies were first introduced to the industry. When Marti Beltz, a healthcare ...

Despite the methodology’s quick and sweeping effect on major corporations across the globe, Six Sigma isn’t an idea that sprung up out of nowhere. It represents decades–centuries, even–of innovation ...

SIX SIGMA HAS BEEN TOUTED AS a powerful quality improvement method that boosts employee job satisfaction and increases profits. Although many shops striving to improve operations and profits have ...