Six Sigma Principles

Six Sigma Principles allow us to reduce variation in performance up front in the design. Applying Six Sigma Principles in the initial design stages of any product, process or service and using a refined set of evaluation tools, DFSS incorporates the highest quality at the point of introduction. Six Sigma Principles work not just in manufacturing and electronics, where Six Sigma originated, but in any business, from banking and financial services to chemicals, pharmaceuticals, utilities, health care-even the entertainment industry.

Six Sigma Principles can be successfully applied to all situations:

• Design
• Manufacturing
• Finance
• Administration etc.

The Six Sigma Principles are being used in nearly every industry to reduce waste and improve performance. Six Sigma Principles include customer focus and management by fact using statistical methods. Motorola applied Six Sigma Principles in publication, sales, corporate accounting and legal departments. The fundamental principles of Six Sigma Deployment are to assist the reader in solving problems ... efficiently and effectively.

Six Sigma Principles will resonate with those who believe legal professionals should bear some responsibility for their client's bottom-line success, with those who think that legal services, no less than other services, can improve through process analysis, with those who agree that process is not something to create anew every time a new lawsuit or commercial transaction surface, and with those driven by a commitment to continuous improvement and who recognize that the complete lawyer brings more to the table than legal acumen.

Six Sigma Principles help companies achieve higher levels of quality by virtually eliminating defects. The Six Sigma Principles and its methodology to drive continuous improvement provide a very useful framework for developing high quality competitive.

The main principles of Six Sigma or Six Sigma Principles are:

• Customer must benefit in a way they understand and value
• Managers must direct and lead Six Sigma, they decide on targets and projects
• The targets must be significant and the payback should be clear - up-front
• The whole process should be based on measurable facts
• Six sigma based on improving the system not the people working within the system

The key Six Sigma Principles are:

·         Clearly defining the task

·         Reducing variation

·         Understanding that product quality will always give competitive advantage

·         Measuring and proving improvement

Fundamental Six Sigma Principles

·         The fundamental principle of Six Sigma is to "satisfy customer requirements profitably".

·         A fundamental principle of six sigma is reduction of variability. The tendency is to apply this principle to everything.

·         The fundamental principle of Six Sigma methodology is to solve the right problem the right way. To do this, two important issues need to be addressed. One is to prioritize the selection of target processes for improvement; the other is to choose a proper solution strategy.

·         The central principle of Six Sigma is that by measuring the defects a process produces, one can systematically identify and remove sources of error, so as to approach the ideal state of no defects at all.

·         The fundamental principle of Six Sigma management is that if an organization can measure the defects in a process, its senior management can systematically determine ways to eliminate them, to approach quality levels of zero defects.

·         The basic principle of Six Sigma is to use a set of methodologies and techniques that aim to achieve high levels of quality and reduce cost levels.