A Short Overview on Six Sigma

Abstract

To face consumer’s expectations companies are implementing new kind of strategies or management concepts that should lead to better quality products with the lowest possible manufacturing cost. Six Sigma is adopted, generally by organizations who reached a certain maturity regarding quality and quality management to enhance their performances. Six Sigma management methods include TQM, a stronger customer focus, additional data analysis tools, financial results, and project management. From the statistical point of view, applying Six Sigma assumes having a success rate of 99.9997% whereas sigma is a term used to represent the variation in the process average.