DocumentCode :
809953
Title :
What´s different about Six Sigma?
Author :
Catherwood, Phil
Author_Institution :
Welsh Dev. Agency, UK
Volume :
81
Issue :
4
fYear :
2002
fDate :
8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
186
Lastpage :
189
Abstract :
The Six Sigma approach is one of the more recent initiatives adopted by organisations who seek to make a paradigm shift in performance improvement (attacking at least one of the cost, quality, delivery measurements for improved competitiveness). Is there anything new about Six Sigma, does it offer improvements that other approaches cannot, or is it just a clever delivery of repackaged goods? The author investigates the above questions related to the Six Sigma approach
Keywords :
management science; production control; project management; Six Sigma method; UK companies; manufacturing company; organisations; production control; project management;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Manufacturing Engineer
Publisher :
iet
ISSN :
0956-9944
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1049/me:20020410
Filename :
1029458
Link To Document :
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