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Six SigmaSix Sigma
66Sam Tomas, CFPIM, CRM, C.P.M.
Kokopelli
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What is Six Sigma?
• Sigma is the Greek letter “” that represents the “standard deviation” or variability of a group of items from their average value.
• A Six Sigma program is therefore a variability reducing program.– The key objectives include improved processes, product
performance, and reliability
Six Sigma is a reference to a particular goal of reducing defects to near zero.
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What Else is Six Sigma?
• A concept that provides a relatively new way to measure how good a product is. It relates to a manufacturing or service failure rate of only 3.4 rejects per million operations, or a yield of 99.99 99 99 8%.
When a product is six sigma, it tells us that the quality level is excellent.
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Why Six Sigma?
• The inadequacy of 99.9% accuracy can be illustrated as follows:– 22,000 checks will be deducted from the wrong bank
accounts in the next 60 minutes– 880,000 credit cards in circulation will have incorrect
cardholder information on their magnetic strips– 268,500 defective tires will be shipped this year– 18,322 pieces of mail will be mishandled the next hour– 14,208 defective computers will be shipped this year
Why spend money to achieve six sigma quality when perhaps 99% or 98% perfect would be totally adequate?
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But With Six Sigma Quality -
• Drug prescriptions– One incorrect drug prescriptions
every 25 years.
• Surgical operations– One incorrect surgical operation
every 20 years
• Mail Delivery– Only one article of mail lost
every 35 years
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The Bathtub Curve• Shows reliability of a product in terms of failure rate
per month• The curve presents two shaded areas
– Latent defect rate• Causes early failure after a product is delivered
– Inherent failure rate• Function of product design, materials, processes, and
technologies used in manufacturing.
• Defects in manufacturing are caused by:– Narrow design margins for the product– Insufficient manufacturing process controls– Poor incoming materials/parts quality
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The Bathtub Curve
Design-Related (Inherent) Failures
Quality Failures due toProcess & Material
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6 Sigma Versus 4 Sigma
• Even well controlled processes experience shifts in the mean as great as ± 1-1/2 standard deviations.
• A normal 4 sigma process plus a 1-1/2 sigma shift in the process average would result in 4 sigma variations of 6,210 defects per million operations.
Why attempt to achieve 6 sigma when 4 sigma (99.9937%) may be adequate?
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Yield Rates ofSix Sigma Products
• It is possible to build a product in which each component is a six sigma component and yet have the product exhibit yields of only 90%, 80%, 70%, 60% etc.
• What we are talking about is rolled-throughput yield or the probability that all product, process and material characteristics will simultaneously conform to their respective standards.
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Improvement Efforts Required to Reach Six Sigma
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310 X Improvement
66,810 dpm
6,210 dpm
530 X Improvement
223 dpm
670 X Improvement
3.4 dpm
Dpm = defects per million
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Where are Average Companies in Quality?
• Approximately 2 Sigma– IRS – Tax advice over the phone
• Approximately 4 Sigma (Average)– Restaurant bills– Doctor prescription writing– Payroll processing– Order write-ups
• Approximately 6 Sigma– Best in class – Seiko, HP Inc., etc.
• 6.5 Sigma– Domestic flight fatality rate (0.43 ppm)
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Relationship of Defects to Other Factors
• The 6 sigma concept indicates there are strong relationships between product “defects” and such factors as:– Reliability– Product yields– Cycle times– Inventories– Schedules
The higher the sigma value, the more reliable the process being monitored and the higher the improvement in all areas.
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Financial Implicationsof Low Sigma
• The lower the sigma level, the higher the repair costs
• A 4 sigma company spends more than 15% of its sales dollars for internal and external repairs
• A 6 sigma company spends about 1%• Over the long run, a 4 sigma company will
not be able to compete with a 6 sigma company.
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What is the Cost of Quality? Goal: Improve cost, quality, and schedule
performance via process improvement and reduction of process variations.
Sigma Level Defects Per Million Opportunities Cost of Quality
2 308,537 (Noncompetitive companies) N/A
3 66,807 25-40% of sales
4 6,210 (Industry average) 15-25% of sales
5 233 5-15% of sales
6 3.4 (World Class) 1% of sales
Note: Each sigma improvement represents a 10% net improvement in income.
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The Tools of Six Sigma
• Design to standard parts/ materials• Design to standard processes• Design to known capabilities• Design for assembly• Design for simplicity
• Parts standardization• Supplier SPC (SSPC)• Supplier certification• ERP/MRP
• Process optimization• Process characterization• Process standardization• Short-cycle manufacturing• Statistical process control
Region ofSix Sigma Synergy
Design
Process Material
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Overcome Process Variation:First Strategy
• Anticipate problems – develop controls during the design cycle for both the product and the manufacturing process steps to include the following:– Define 6 sigma tolerances on all critical product and
process parameters– Minimize the total number of parts in the product– Minimize the number of process steps– Standardize on parts and procedures– Use SPC during initial design and prototype
design phases
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Overcome Process Variation:Second Strategy
• Use statistical process control (SPC) on the process to continually isolate, control and eliminate variation resulting from people, machines and the environment.
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Overcome Process Variation:Third Strategy
• The third strategy addresses suppliers– Institute a supplier qualification program using
SSPC techniques– Require suppliers to provide process control plans
and process control charts– Minimize the number of suppliers used– Work towards a long term “win-win” partnership
with all selected suppliers
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Five Steps to Six Sigma for Manufacturing
1. Identify product characteristics necessary to satisfy customers (Use QFD)
2. Determine if characteristics are controlled by part, process or both
3. Decide max allowed tolerance for correct performance
4. Determine existing process variations5. Change product design, process, or both to
attain the correct characteristics
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What Are Some Possible Applications for Six Sigma?
• In the stockroom– Used to reduce parts counts that are found to be inaccurate
• In personnel– Used to reduce the number of requisitions unfilled after 30 days
• In customer service– Used to measure number of calls unanswered on the 2nd or 3rd ring
• In sales– Used to track errors in completing order forms
• In order fulfillment– Used to eliminate returns because of wrong product being shipped
• In finance– Used to reduce the instances of accounts being paid after a specified time
limit has elapsed
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