Article Review of Analysis of Six Sigma

Article reviews of “An analysis of six sigma at small vs. large manufacturing companies”

Six Sigma is industry’s newest recognized quality improvement program. Six Sigma has yielded tremendous cost savings while reducing defects, enhancing customer satisfaction, and increasing customer retention at many companies. Six Sigma is now providing improved levels of productivity and financial performance to small and mid-sized corporations. The article elaborates some successful cases of big companies adopting Six Sigma. It also covers the approach and methodology used to determine if Six Sigma is financially beneficial for smaller manufacturing companies. At results section, it analyzes the response rate of the data collection instrument and also gives a detailed analysis of the actual study result. The study data shows that there are benefits and challenges in implementing Six Sigma at small manufacturing companies, but there is no significant differences between the challenges for small companies and large companies. At the last section the article expound the future study on the implementation of Six Sigma.

Six Sigma is said to be a philosophical approach the demands the effective use of data to analyze business issues. Six Sigma is less than 3.4 defective parts per million opportunities, or a success rate of 99.9997 percent. It is a disciplined, data-driven approach and method for eliminating defects. It has been defined as a tool kit or a set of techniques based on statistical process control that can help companies that have embraced and implemented it as part of their business strategy have seen huge impacts on their bottom line through their ability to reduce costs and increase efficiency. The main goal of Six Sigma is continuous improvement and it is carried out through projects, it can improve quality by removing defects and their causes.

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