Six Sigma in Indian industries Case Study |Author |Atanu Maity | |Author Position |Program Manager | |Date |August 05‚ 2009 | Version: 1.0 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction to Six Sigma 5 History of Six Sigma 6 What is Six Sigma 8 Why
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section‚ we demonstrate the development of Six Sigma program‚ and discuss the features and the five steps of the improvements 1.1 The introduction of Six Sigma Six Sigma methodology was first espoused by Motorola in the mid 1980s. (Antony & Banuelas‚ 2002; Wiklund & Wiklund‚ 2002). At that time‚ Motorola was facing Japanese competition in the electronics industry and needed to make drastic improvements in its levels of quality (Harry and Schroeder‚ 2000; Linderman et al.‚ 2003). A Six Sigma initiative
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Business Analysis Part II: Apple‚ Inc. MGT/Management 521 February 27‚ 2012 Apple‚ Inc. is appears to be a successful billion-dollar corporation‚ this analysis will focus on the financial health of this organization. In this analysis of Apple’s business environment focus will be placed on the income statement‚ balance sheet‚ and cash flow. A comparative analysis will be conducted to that of its top competitors. Financial Health In any organization whether it is a large global corporation
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units produced. Total Quality Management is often associated with the development‚ deployment‚ and maintenance of organizational systems that are required for various business processes. (1) Ford Motor Company‚ Phillips Semiconductor‚ SGL Carbon‚ Motorola and Toyota Motor Company are just a few of the companies who have implemented TQM in their business practices. What is TQM’s history and background? The roots of Total Quality Management (TQM) can be traced back to the early 1920s when statistical
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INTRODUCTION TO SIX SIGMA CONTENT FLOW… Understanding Six Sigma Definition World at Six Sigma examples Six Sigma Scale Why Six Sigma Six Sigma Methodologies & Tools Define Measure Analyze Improve Control WHAT’S IN A NAME? Sigma is the Greek letter representing the standard deviation of a population of data. Sigma is a measure of standard deviation (the data spread) σ μ SIX SIGMA IS … A statistical concept that measures a process
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across the global community: the UPS Motorola experience"‚ Journal of Strategic Information System‚ 10: 313-331. There are a number of ways that companies choose to conduct outsourcing and there are a number of studies conducted to determine what is most effective. The only thing that can be concluded for sure is that there is no one solution to outsourcing. What we can conclude‚ however‚ is that every company can benefit from learning more about benchmarking outsourcing strategies and that they
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are phones with organizer capabilities built-in. Psion saw this as a market for integrated devices. Psion knew that their product as standalone organizer had a finite lifespan‚ thus Psion will create a connected device by did a strategic deal with Motorola to penetrate the market for integrated devices. It shows that Psion recognize the existence of distinct segment in the market with different needs and they create the connected devices to enter it. Total score for customer orientation: 4 Psion
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Case Study of Samsung’s Mobile Phone Business I. Introduction For Samsung Electronics‚ 2003 was a watershed year. It successfully positioned itself as one of the world’s best mobile phone manufacturers and its products were featured all over the media. Many were calling its mobile phones as “the best gift for Christmas”1 or “the Mercedes of mobile phones.”2 Samsung’s achievements were particularly remarkable considering that its primary focus had previously been in semiconductors and home appliances
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Case Study of Samsung’s Mobile Phone Business Boon-Young Lee∗ aliceboon@kdischool.ac.kr and Seung-Joo Lee∗∗ sjl@kdischool.ac.kr Abstract: This paper examines Samsung Electronics successful growth strategy in the mobile phone business. It examines its early efforts at developing a competitive product in the domestic market‚ its globalization strategies‚ and some of the key challenges it faces today. The paper provide insights into how a late-comer to an industry can overcome certain
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Total Quality Management Quality has been defined by many authors .Some definitions are * Fitness for use –Joseph .M. Juran * Compliances with specific requirement –Philip .B. Crosby * Function of continuous improvement by reducing variability of desired output – Edward Deming * The totality of characteristics of an entity that bear upon its ability to satisfy the stated & unstated needs of the customer - ISO 8402 * Quality is perceived by customers ‚based on his actual
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