Process improvement through Six Sigma with Beta correction: a case study of manufacturing company

Gijo, E.V.; Scaria, Johny

doi:10.1007/s00170-013-5483-y

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“…Six Sig ma is a proactive and quantitative continuous improvement approach which improves bottom line of the organizations through reduction of costs, waste and non-conformance [20]. Six Sig ma is also referred as structured and systematic approach by its successful imp lementation leads to improved business performance and competitive advantages [15]. Six Sig ma is defined as structured continuous improvement methodology which acts as a profit driver and improve economic dimension of quality [24].…”

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A REVIEW OF SIX SIGMA IMPLEMENTATION IN INDIAN SMES – TOOLS & TECHNIQUES USED AND BENEFITS DRAWN

2015

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A REVIEW OF SIX SIGMA IMPLEMENTATION IN INDIAN SMES – TOOLS & TECHNIQUES USED AND BENEFITS DRAWN

2015

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“…Many manufacturing businesses adopt various quality improvement models for enhancing the quality management throughout all the processes. Numerous studies show the success of Six Sigma in a manufacturing environment in terms of quality, delivery times and customer satisfaction [1][2][3][4].…”

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Eliminating Contamination Issues in Manufacturing of Nutritional Products Using Six Sigma Approach

Krotov

Mathrani

2017

JIEMS

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The industry of nutritional products and premixes does not forgive poor quality. It is crucial manufacturers get product right the first time. However, the quality in this industry is always under threat of contamination issues with out-of-specifications and foreign matter impurity being always on the radar of quality control. Six Sigma approach is renowned for improving quality through eliminating variation. It focuses on critical processes that affect the quality for internal and external customer. This paper aims to describe the journey of improving the quality management through development and application of Six Sigma framework using carefully selected tools, specifically tailored for medium-sized food manufacturing business in Auckland, New Zealand. This facility is experiencing contamination issues in their products due to nonconformance with the standard specifications on ingredient quantity or presence of foreign matter within the end product. Defective products have caused a spike in late deliveries and rejections, spoiling the long-earned reputation amongst loyal customers. A framework is developed that embodies Six Sigma methods Define, Measure, Analyze, Control and Improve for food manufacturing business. Using this framework, the study achieves the optimization in loading, mixing and blending processes as well as product packaging. The results describe the improvement in meeting Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Vol. 1, 225-240. doi: 10.13052/jiems2446-1822.2017 This is an Open Access publication. c 2017 the Author(s). All rights reserved. M. Krotov and S. Mathranimanufacturing standards, on-time deliveries and reduction of rework and waste. This research provides direction to other small-medium-sized food manufacturing companies in enhancing quality management through eliminating variation in the production processes by effectively adopting the Six Sigma framework.

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“…It makes a deep analysis and an efficient decision making which aims for the optimal solution rather than a merely good one. The strategy is popular among manufacturing organisations not only for its stout tool set but also for its well organised application of DMAIC methodology (Gijo & Scaria, 2014). It includes all essential elements for certifying a quality manufacturing, starting from the design to control, using quality tools into a system.…”

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A fuzzy MADM approach for project selection: a six sigma case study

Rathi¹,

Khanduja²,

Sharma³

2016

10.5267/j.dsl

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Six Sigma is a strategic approach of significant value in achieving overall excellence. It helps to accomplish the organizations strategic aim through the effectual use of project controlled methodology. As Six Sigma is a project controlled approach, it is necessary to prioritize projects which give utmost economic benefits to the firm. In real practice, Six Sigma projects selection is very tough assignment because poor project selection also happens even in the well-managed organizations and this can weaken the success and trustworthiness of the Six Sigma practice. The present study aims to develop a project selection approach based on a combination of fuzzy and MADM technique to help organizations determine proper Six Sigma projects and identify the priority of these projects mainly in automotive companies. VIKOR and TOPSIS methods have been used to select the proper Six Sigma project composed with fuzzy logic. In this context, seven critical parameters have been considered for selection of finest alternative. The weights of evaluation criteria are obtained using the MDL (modified digital logic) method and final ranking is calculated through primacy index obtained by using fuzzy based VIKOR and TOPSIS methodology. A factual case study from automotive industry is used to investigate the efficacy of the planned approach.

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Process improvement through Six Sigma with Beta correction: a case study of manufacturing company

Cited by 61 publications

References 34 publications

A REVIEW OF SIX SIGMA IMPLEMENTATION IN INDIAN SMES – TOOLS & TECHNIQUES USED AND BENEFITS DRAWN

A REVIEW OF SIX SIGMA IMPLEMENTATION IN INDIAN SMES – TOOLS & TECHNIQUES USED AND BENEFITS DRAWN

Eliminating Contamination Issues in Manufacturing of Nutritional Products Using Six Sigma Approach

A fuzzy MADM approach for project selection: a six sigma case study

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