Improving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) through the six sigma methodology in a semiconductor firm: A case study

Ng, K. C.; Chong, Kuan Eng; Goh, Gerald Guan Gan

doi:10.1109/ieem.2014.7058755

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“…The process capability sigma level improved from 2.91 to 4.43 sigma [9]. According to Gibbons, by applying Six Sigma in a well-known manufacturing company in the United Kingdom, overall equipment effectiveness improved significantly from 40% to 85% [10].…”

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“…If we compare the contribution of Six Sigma from various sources [1][2][3][4][5][6]9,[22][23][24][25], it is clear that deployment of this methodology in companies brings increased performance, increased productivity, increased competitiveness, and growth in market share, whilst retaining loyal customers and obtaining new, decreased production costs by decreasing the proportion of costs for repairs and disposal of non-conforming products, new product designs, and, growth in the qualifications and professional level of employees. The study by Aldowiasan, focusing on Six Sigma performance for non-normal processes, showed that less variation reduction was required to improve exponentially distributed processes [26].…”

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“…DMAIC (Define-Measure-AnalyzeImprove-Control) is used to improve an existing business process, and DMADV (Define-MeasureAnalyze-Design-Verify) is used to create new product or process designs for predictable, defect-free performance [28]. DMAIC procedure has been described in several studies concerning application of Six Sigma methodology [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Steps of DMAIC procedure endeavor to adopt a smarter way of doing things so as to minimize the occurrence of errors.…”

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Sustainable Process Performance by Application of Six Sigma Concepts: The Research Study of Two Industrial Cases

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Abstract:The current approach to business management focuses on increasing the performance of business processes. To achieve the required processes performance means to ensure the required quality and capability of processes. The partial aim of this paper is to confirm the positive effects of the Six Sigma methodology (SSM) on the corporate performance in the Slovak Republic and an investigation of the dependency of SSM implementation on the certified quality management system (QMS) as a set-forward condition via a questionnaire survey carried out in Slovak industrial enterprises. The survey results confirmed the above-mentioned assumptions. The SSM using DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control) was applied in real conditions of two manufacturing enterprises with a different level of quality management system. The results of the research study proved a possibility to implement SSM and to use the same methods in enterprises aside from a level of QMS. However, more remarkable results were achieved by the enterprise which introduced QMS. The first application of SSM in enterprises within specific conditions of furniture production processes can be considered to be a contribution of the research study, as well. The result of the work is the model including the methodology and the appropriate combination of methods and tools for assuring the sustainable performance of the business processes.

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“…2, 3, and 4 denote the kinetics of the heat flux, which is consumed by heating the dry matter and water at the current temperature, calculated from the sections in accor dance with the performed periodization of the temperature kinetics of the model CCPB (Fig. 4) using formulas (6) and (7). 5 denotes the kinetics of the heat flow, which is expended on the evaporation of water in the internal environment of the thermostat.…”

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“…A promising direction in solving these problems is the use of induced processes in production [6]. For such processes of heat transfer, mass, momentum, etc.…”

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