The tools and techniques of Six Sigma are recognised to have a big impact on productivity given sufficient investment in senior people, time, cost and culture change. Brian Davis finds out the relevance of this long-standing business strategy on modern manufacturing.
Six Sigma (6S) is a statistical process for determining that the most efficient process is used to satisfy customers, while removing variation and improving consistency. Developed by Motorola in the mid-1980s and taken to heart by big corporations like GE, enthusiasm for the 6S approach spread across the US and then worldwide. The methodology is…
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