• Six Sigma Structure
• Key Concepts & Tools
• A Practical Example
An Overview....Not a lot of Details!!
6 Overview
“Six Sigma”
• If we can’t express what we know in the form of numbers, we really don’t know much about it.
6 Overview
• Six Sigma: - A Definition - Applied to GE - GE Quality Initiative - Why This Approach? - Origin of Six Sigma - The “Breakthrough Strategy” - Arriving at Sigma
6 Overview
Why Does GE Need A Quality Initiative?
Cost of Failure (% of Sales)
40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10%
5%
Defects per Million 3.4 Sigma 6
233 6210 66,807 308,537 500,000
2 1/2 Days per Century
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1 Misspelled Word in
a set of Encyclopedias
$570 Indebtedness per $1 Billion in Assets
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1 Misspelled Word
per 30 Pages in a Book