Six Sigma Principles
This quality improvement approach focuses on reducing variation.
What is Six Sigma?
This acronym represents the steps in Six Sigma improvement.
What is DMAIC?
This is monitored by a control chart.
Lean Manufacturing defines this as the worth of a product or service.
What is value?
Takt is the German word for this.
What is "beat" or "rhythm?"
The engineer who created Six Sigma at Motorola.
Who is Bill Smith?
The first phase in DMAIC, defining the problem and goal.
What is Define?
The three main horizontal lines on a Control Chart.
What are the Upper Control Limit, Lower Control Limit, and Median?
Lean seeks to reduce this, which does not add value for the customer.
What is waste?
Takt time ensures production matches this.
What is customer demand?
This statistical term represents variation in Six Sigma.
What is sigma?
The second phase of DMAIC, focused on data collection.
What is Measure?
These abbreviations represent process limits in a Control Chart.
What are UCL and LCL?
Overproduction and defects are examples of this.
What are the 7 Wastes?
This term describes disruptions in production flow.
What is bottleneck?
Lean focuses on efficiency, while Six Sigma emphasizes this.
What is quality?
The phase in DMAIC where data is reviewed for insights.
What is Analyze?
Control Charts help monitor this aspect of production quality.
What is process variation?
The production process should focus on value-adding activities and eliminating this.
What is waste?
Takt time helps regulate production to avoid this waste type.
What is overproduction?
Six Sigma aims for this confidence level in defect reduction.
What is 99.7%?
The final phase in DMAIC, used to monitor results.
What is Control?
These are represented by the acronyms VOC, VOB, and VOP.
What are the Voice of the Customer, Voice of the Business, and Voice of the Process?
In Lean, this type of waste involves unnecessary movements by employees that do not add value to the product.
What is motion waste?
This principle in Lean focuses on designing workstations in close proximity to minimize movement and streamline production.
What is cellular manufacturing?