Articles on Six Sigma - Control Phase
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Six Sigma Control Phase: How Statistical Process Control Works?
Control is all around us. We control the household appliances, the time schedules we follow and such mundane tasks of...
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Closing a Six Sigma Project
As we have seen, Six Sigma is an elaborate methodology. It requires time to learn and even more time to...
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Recording the Results of a Six Sigma Project
Closing a Six Sigma project is an elaborate exercise. One of the biggest parts of this exercise is the explicit...
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Step 1: Selecting the Correct Variables to Monitor
Since the entire premise of having a Six Sigma process is based on measurement, comparison of measurements and setting corrective...
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Handing off the Project to the Process Owner
After the control charts have been created and deployed, the control phase of the DMAIC methodology comes to a close...
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Step 3A: Choosing the Correct Control Chart (Discrete Data)
If the data type that needs to be charted is discrete, then it must fall between one of binary or...
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Step 3B: Choosing the Correct Control Chart (Continuous Data)
Just like there are many types of discrete data charts available, there are also many types of continuous control charts...
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Conducting the Knowledge Transfer
The Six Sigma project is not complete until the concerned personnel who have to operate the process have the know-how...
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Non Random Patterns – Part 1
Cyclical Pattern: A cyclical pattern is defined as a predictive situation in which data points increase and decrease the process...
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Evaluating the Financial Benefits of Six Sigma Project
There has been considerable debate in the industry in the past as to whether Six Sigma projects are worth all...
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Non Random Patterns – Part 2
Shift in the Process: A shift in the process is defined as a pattern in which seven consecutive data points...
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