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This text provides informative, short introductions to the core concepts of Operations Management. This text contains more than 50 concept entries and is fully cross-referenced.An outstanding reference for Operations Management students at all levels.
Six Sigma
Six Sigma
Six sigma is a quality management approach that places heightened managerial attention on customer satisfaction and on seeking business process improvements.
The Origin and Development of Six Sigma
Six sigma was developed at Motorola in 1986 on the back of several years of using various quality management frameworks which were then popular: total quality control, zero defects, the Taguchi method, etc. Today, proponents of six sigma describe it as a business improvement strategy rather than as a quality management methodology. As discussed in the following sections, the relationship of six sigma to the quality movement is debatable, and not surprisingly a lot of the tools and techniques used by six-sigma specialists are those of quality management. There are however two specific tools which are ...
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