Six SIgma and goal theory

Six Sigma and its relationship to the goal theory

I . Introduction

For a company producing products to be successful , their main objective is to satisfy their customers . The taste ' of consumer will decide on whether they will patronize their products . Many companies , large or small , are already striving for excellence of their products . They want to meet the satisfaction level of their costumers as well as they also satisfied in short , there is a positive and mutual outcome to both users and producers . Six Sigma (6 ) is becoming a worldwide adapted

methodology for manufacturing companies . It is originally built up by Motorola to get rid of those unwanted outcome of process ADDIN EN .CITE SandersSanders D . Hild C .R .Six Sigma on business processes : common organizational issuesQuality Engineering 603-61012 42000 (Sanders Hild , 2000 . From the start of its implementation , many companies adapted it and it became a central element on the sensitive part of product manufacturing . Bill Smith led the way at Motorola to officially recognized Six Sigma as a methodology in quality control of products

From its development until its implementation , the system brings about positive wanted effects . For example , a company may spend a million but can have a gross income of two million ADDIN EN .CITE HahnHahn , G Hill , W , Hoerl , R Zinkgraf S .The impact of Six Sigma improvement - a glimpse into the future of statistics .The American Statistician 99 (Hahn , Hill , Hoerl Zinkgraf , 1999 . In this scenario the implementation of Six Sigma is very ideal but couldn 't understand by some community the concepts of it and can 't see its practicality . In fact , some criticized the concepts and the process involved in this scheme

The orientation of goals is a prerequisite of the implementation of Six Sigma . Before one must do a certain thing , he must first have the goals and objectives for the process to follow the desired flow . In addition once there 's a fixed goal , a person saves effort and time for it regulates the actions and eliminates some work outside the required procedure ADDIN EN .CITE Hoerl19987 717Hoerl R .WSix Sigma and the future of the quality professionQuality Progress 35-4231 61998 (Hoerl , 1998 . In addition of the consideration of goals , knowledge is also important since it gives details on the outcome of a procedure ADDIN EN .CITE RothkopfRothkopf E .Z .Billington M .JGoal guided learning from text : inferring a descriptive processing model from inspection times and eye movements Journal of Educational Psychology 310-327 711979 (Rothkopf Billington , 1979 . Without knowledge , a person can just find a new idea by accident not in the intended manner

This will explore on the understanding of the Six Sigma phenomenon by delineating its whole process . This will also relate Six Sigma concepts to the concepts of goal theory

II . SIX SIGMA

METHODOLOGY

Six Sigma approach is governed by two main methodologies , namely (1 DMAIC , and (2 ) DMADV ADDIN EN .CITE iSixSigma LLCiSixSigma LLC ,Six Sigma - What is Six Sigma ?200713 mAY 2007 (iSixSigma LLC...