Six Sigma‚ An improvement Strategy……. Causes of Variation ● Random‚ chance‚ constant‚ common‚ unknown causes the “rhythm” of the process ● Variation inherent in a process ● Can be eliminated only through improvements in the system Assignable‚ special causes ● something has changed ● Variation due to identifiable factors ● Can be modified through operator or management action ● What are the sources of variation in a process? ● ● ● ● ● ● Machine variation Raw Material variation Different
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INTRODUCTION Six Sigma was developed at Motorola in mid 1980’s when Motorola Company declared 10X reduction in product-failure. Six Sigma was originally used to compute the defects during manufacturing processes‚ and to trim down the faults at every level in the processes. Motorola declared millions of savings by using this method. GE also used Six Sigma and declared that it save up around US $ 300 million to operating income. From the last decade there has been a major initiatives by various industries
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"The Gilded Six-Bits” published in 1933 by Zora Neale Hurston ‚ a very well-known writer of the 20th-century tells the story of Missy and Joe a newlywed who both test their love for one another when an unknown individual named Otis D. Slemmons arrives whiling understanding the love‚ betrayal‚ and forgiveness that come. "The Gilded Six-Bits" symbolizes the meaning of a true marriage and the truth that lies underneath its meaning. The argument that shows in this story is that if something looks too
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Out of the darkness of the French defeat and capitulation of 1940 rose one of the greatest mass-resistance movements in history. Thousands of French patriots rose up‚ by themselves and in groups‚ and defied Nazi authority. They formed resistance movements that fought the Nazi occupation of France and the collaboration of the Vichy government. The French resistance was detrimental to the success of the Allies during World War II because they played a key role in the D-Day landings and were able to
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“The greatest nonviolent resistance is that even as man is faced with tyranny‚ and the resulting suffering‚ he responds to hate with love‚ to prejudice with tolerance‚ to arrogance with humility‚ to humiliation with dignity‚ and to violence with reason.” (-Lou Xia) Peaceful resistance has a positive impact on society. Throughout Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s entire lifetime‚ he used peaceful resistance to voice the segregation policy of America against black people. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi used
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Introduction to Six Sigma "Six Sigma" is the method of quality management which aims at achieving "six sigma". This method was introduced by Motorola in the 80’s. Nowadays it is beeing used by lots of international companies and institutions. Some people say that six sigma should be implemented into various sphere of life and the effect of this method (significant improvement of financial results by reducing costs of bad quality) is very important. In statistics "sigma" means standard deviation
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Peaceful resistance to laws does not only positively impact a free society‚ it is essential to a free society. In our great nation‚ it is our First Amendment Constitutional right through the exercise of assembly‚ speech‚ press‚ and petition. Civil disobedience in order to resist a law is perfectly justifiable‚ as long as the law is unjust. Morris Leibman’s "Civil Disobedience: A Threat to Our Society" is accurate when is said that "There can be no law to which obedience is optional". This is correct
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Mia Kellmer Pringle developmental needs theory has four developmental sections which are closely similar to Maslow’s hierarchal model. Mia Pringle’s four needs are not ranked unlike Maslow’s which are ranked in five sections. The four developmental stages are the need for love and security‚ need for new experiences‚ need for praise and recognition and the need for responsibility. Even though they are not ranked the first section is deemed the most important. In my settings I have seen this being
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wanted and have. She is not a person who let money define her‚ whereas you have‚ Missie May‚ a housewife and her husband gives her everything she wanted and needed. It’s Funny how Hurston depicted two different kind of bad marriages. In “The Gilded Six-Bits” the wife cheats on the husband where as in “sweat” the husband cheats on the wife. In both stories‚ Hurston tested a Woman’s strengths and weakness
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Jewish Resistance We must first realize that resistance was in no way a survival strategy. Yet‚ even when it seemed obvious that death was near inevitable‚ why did they not put up a fight? This argument is still puzzling to many holocaust historians‚ yet the arguments of Raul Hilberg and Yehuda Bauer offer insight to possible reasons why they did not fight and that resistance was more widespread than most people think. First of all we will look at Raul Hilberg’s “Two Thousand Years
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