Six Sigma Principles
Six Simga's approach focuses on reducing this.
What is variability?
This fourth phase in DMAIC is this.
What is Innovate/Improve.
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?
The number of wastes does Lean Six Sigma identify.
What are 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?
This waste occurs when you make more than is needed.
What is over-production?
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 VOB and VOP.
What are the Voice of the Business and Voice of the Process?
In Lean, this term refers to any activity that consumes resources but doesn't benefit the customer.
What is non-value-added activity?
This principle in Lean focuses on designing workstations in close proximity to minimize movement and streamline production.
What is cellular manufacturing?