Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Originally developed by Motorola in 1986, Six Sigma is quality management method that helps organizations to improve the capability of their business processes. This increase in performance and decrease in process variation lead to defect reduction and improvement in profits, employee morale and quality of products or services.

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Instant pudding

Quality management; Six Sigma

A term used to illustrate an obstacle to achieving quality or the supposition that quality and productivity improvement are achieved quickly through an affirmation of faith rather than through ...

Internal setup

Quality management; Six Sigma

Die setup procedures that must be performed while a machine is stopped; also known as inner exchange of die.

Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI)

Quality management; Six Sigma

A method and instrument for identifying an individual's personality type based on Carl Jung's theory of personality preferences.

Informative inspection

Quality management; Six Sigma

A form of inspection for determining nonconforming product.

Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications (QuEST) Forum

Quality management; Six Sigma

A partnership of telecommunications suppliers and service providers. The QuEST Forum developed TL 9000.

Mistake proofing

Quality management; Six Sigma

Use of production or design features to prevent the manufacture or passing downstream a nonconforming product; also known as "error proofing."

Prevention versus detection

Quality management; Six Sigma

A term used to contrast two types of quality activities. Prevention refers to activities for preventing nonconformances in products and services. Detection refers to activities for detecting ...