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Introduction To Six Sigma
Introduction To Six Sigma
Introduction To Six Sigma
By
Tushar Ghosh
S-6062
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Purpose of Six Sigma
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Origin of Six Sigma
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What can it do?
Motorola
5-fold growth in Sales
Profits climbing by 20% pa
Cumulative savings of $14 billion over 11years
General Electric
$2 billion savings in just 3years
The No.1 company in USA
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GE Six Sigma Economies
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1000 Series 1
800 Series 2
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1996 1998 2000 2002
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It’s a philosophy:
• Anything less than ideal is an
opportunity for improvement.
• Defects costs money
• Understanding processes and
improving them is the most efficient
way to achieve lasting results
It’s a process:
Its is statistics
• To achieve this level of • 6 Sigma processes will
performance you need produce less than 3.4
Define, Measure, defects per million
Analyze, Improve and opportunities
Control
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Philosophy
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COPQ (Cost of Poor Quality)
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COPQ v/s Sigma Level
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25% COPQ
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
2 3 4 5 6
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Defect Opportunity
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DPMO
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Prepared by Tushar Ghosh
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Six Sigma Measurement
500000 500000
400000
300000 308300
Defects per million
200000
158650
100000
67000
0 227006220
1350 233 32 3.4
1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6
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DMAIC
Define – What is
important?
Measure – How are we
doing ?
Analyze – What is wrong?
Improve – Fix what’s
wrong
Control – Ensure gains are
maintained to guarantee
performance
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Six Sigma – Shortcomings
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Six Sigma Training
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Prepared by Tushar Ghosh
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