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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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Six Sigma
American National Standards Institute-American Society for Quality (ANSI-ASQ)
Quality management; Six Sigma
Organisation that accredits certification bodies for ISO 9001 quality management systems, ISO 14001 environmental management systems and other industry specific requirements.
Transaction data
Quality management; Six Sigma
The finite data pertaining to a given event occurring in a process. Examples are the data obtained when an individual cheques out groceries (the grocery shopping process) and the data obtained from ...
Sort
Quality management; Six Sigma
English translation of the Japanese word seiri, one of the 5S's used for workplace organization. Sorting (also referred to as structuring or sifting) involves organising essential materials. It helps ...
Design record
Quality management; Six Sigma
Engineering requirements, typically contained in various formats; examples include engineering drawings, math data and referenced specifications. Designing in quality versus inspecting in quality.
Acceptance quality limit (AQL)
Quality management; Six Sigma
In a continuing series of lots, a quality level that, for the purpose of sampling inspection, is the limit of a satisfactory process average.
Information flow
Quality management; Six Sigma
The dissemination of information for taking a specific product from order entry through detailed scheduling to delivery.
Structural variation
Quality management; Six Sigma
Variation caused by regular, systematic changes in output, such as seasonal patterns and long-term trends.
