This is the fourth in a series addressing the issues related to semiconductor design-for-yield. For the first three parts see pdf file. Statistical or six-sigma design requires the establishment of ...

Businesses use Six Sigma methods to improve the quality of their manufacturing processes by discovering and correcting the causes of imperfections and errors. The development and pursuit of new ...

In October 2001, an article appearing in Managed Healthcare Executive announced the arrival of Six Sigma methodologies in the healthcare sector.[1] While manufacturing industries had verified ...

Organizations that deploy Six Sigma strategies strive to make nearly all of their business opportunities and processes statistically free of defects and yearn for increased performance, decreased ...

Its name sounds like a secret society or mathematical equation. Experts on the topic are called "black belts," and volumes have been written about it. The name naturally evokes questions, but in the ...

Lean Six Sigma is a methodology that small businesses can use to reduce waste and improve performance throughout their organization. The approach centers on the use of structured techniques and tools ...

Organizations aim to improve their processes’ efficiency and effectiveness by reducing waste, which creates a need for experts in project management frameworks and process improvement techniques such ...

Now that you are Lean Six Sigma certified, you have already proved your command over the lean six sigma methodology. But have you decided which career path you want to tread? Did you know that ...

I was perplexed by John Pryor’s Community Voices column on DOGE and Lean Six Sigma ("DOGE is doing great work but needs perpetuation," June 4). Lean Six Sigma requires analysis and an understanding of ...

How do you make a good traveler even better? That's the question Kaj Ahlmann, owner of the Six Sigma Ranch in Northern California's Lake County, has contemplated most of his career. With a name like ...

The quality movement, once rooted in manufacturing centers, has branched into a wide swath of vertical industries and all parts of the organization, thanks to Six Sigma. Once known as an initiative ...