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Teoria e Prática em Administração, 2012 Since the development of the Six Sigma concept by Motorola in the 80’s many changes have made the market more competitive and demanding, especially in the automotive sector.
Miguel, Paulo Augusto Cauchick +1 more
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Lean six sigma implementation in a yarn textile industry
GEPROS: Gestão da Produção, Operações e Sistemas, 2017 Due to fierce competition from companies in achieving larger market share, there is an increasing interest regarding cost reduction, efficiency in business and processes, increase in quality and continuous improvement.
Rayra Rodrigues Nogueira +2 more
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Sigma metrics in clinical chemistry laboratory – A guide to quality control [PDF]
Al Ameen Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015 Background: Six sigma is a process of quality measurement and improvement program used in industries. Sigma methodology can be applied wherever an outcome of a process is to be measured. A poor outcome is counted as an error or defect. This is quantified
Usha S. Adiga, A. Preethika, K. Swathi
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Redesigning a Joint Replacement Program Using Lean Six Sigma in a Veterans Affairs Hospital [PDF]
JAMA Surgery, 2013 In April 2009, an analysis of joint replacement surgical procedures at the Richard L. Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, revealed that total hip and knee replacements incurred $1.4 million in non-Veterans Affairs (VA) care costs with an average length of stay of 6.1 days during fiscal year 2008.
Benjamin, Gayed +3 more
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Revista Produção Online, 2014 The aim of this paper is to review the literature on Six Sigma, identifying critical success factors. For this, the authors developed a theoretical framework to assist the statistical analysis.
Daniela Santana Lambert Marzagão +3 more
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The Impact of Statistics in Industry and the Role of Statisticians
Austrian Journal of Statistics, 2016 The use of statistics in quality management has a long history. Pioneers in this field, such as Walter A. Shewhart and W. Edwards Deming, refer to themselves as industrial statisticians. Statistical thinking in industry means that all work is regarded as
Ronald J.M.M. Does, Albert Trip
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Asian Journal of Medical SciencesBackground: Quality control (QC) is an important part of clinical laboratory management which evaluates and maintains the performance of the clinical laboratory.
Saurabh Singh +6 more
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Improving Histopathology Laboratory Productivity: Process Consultancy and A3 Problem Solving [PDF]
Türk Patoloji Dergisi, 2017 Objective: The ISO 17020 quality program has been run in our pathology laboratory for four years to establish an action plan for correction and prevention of identified errors.
Kutsal YÖRÜKOĞLU +3 more
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Lean Six Sigma analysis of shipboard audit readiness on a U.S. Navy destroyer [PDF]
, 2016 MBA Professional ReportOver the last six years, the Department of the Defense (DOD) and Department of the Navy (DON) have ramped up efforts toward achieving financial audit readiness by dedicating additional resources and implementing new process changes
Lavery, Jonathon A. +1 more
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Jurnal Teknik Industri, 2003 The article describes the quality improvement program in a speaker company%2C through the implementation of six sigma philosophy; design a quality control system to support the result of the philosophy implementation%2C helped by the house of quality ...
Jani Rahardjo +2 more
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