Application of Six Sigma Methodology in Production Organization

Abstract:

In the last years and also due to today's economic situation and crises in the world, each organization is looking for a continuous improvement of processes and business performance. The major task of each production organization or services is the saving of money, which is lost because of scrap, long cycle times, wrong process maps and inventory differences. The goal of this article is to describe the implementation of Six Sigma in a production organization focusing on the production of interior parts for the automotive industry. During the summer time, there was delamination between thermoplastic foil and plastic substrate, which caused increasing of scrap, additional substandard works as well as the risk of quality complaints from customer. Six Sigma and DMAIC cycle were used to find root causes and to implement permanent corrective actions to remove this kind of problem from production.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 801)
• Pages: 87-94
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.801.87
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Maroš Korenko, Peter Uhrin, Pavol Kaplík, Daniela Földešiová
• Keywords: Costs of Pure Quality, DMAIC, Process Improvement, Scrap, Six Sigma

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