IEEN 5303 Six Sigma and ISO Standards Summer 2014 Midterm Exam Name________________________________Score_________________________ I. True or False: Place T or F in the space provided to the left of the statement. (10 questions‚ 1 point each‚ total 10 points) ______ 1. The major changes in the new standards are the increased focus on commitment from top management‚ customer satisfaction‚ emphasis on processes‚ and continual improvement. ______ 2. ISO 9000’s evolution has steered it away
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Six Sigma: Definition and underlying theory§ Roger G. Schroeder a‚*‚ Kevin Linderman a‚1‚ Charles Liedtke b‚2‚ Adrian S. Choo c‚ Motorola originally developed Six Sigma in 1987 and targeted an aggressive goal of 3.4 ppm defects (Barney‚ 2002b; Folaron‚ 2003). In 1994 Larry Bossidy‚ CEO of AlliedSignal‚ introduced Six Sigma as a business initiative to ‘‘produce high-level results‚ improve work processes‚ expand all employees’ skills and change the culture’’ (ASQ‚ 2002‚ p. 14). This was followed
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Like its predecessors‚ Six Sigma doctrine asserts that: Continuous efforts to achieve stable and predictable process results (i.e.‚ reduce process variation) are of vital importance to business success. Manufacturing and business processes have characteristics that can be measured‚ analyzed‚ controlled and improved. Achieving sustained quality improvement requires commitment from the entire organization‚ particularly from top-level management. Features that set Six Sigma apart from previous quality
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SIX SIGMA ONE CANNOT MANAGE TOMORROW’S BUSINESS WITH YEATERDAY’S METHODS. INTRODUCTION: Six sigma is the result of culmination of quality concepts. However dramatic process improvement is the goal of six sigma. Six sigma is an innovative approach to continuous process improvement and a TQM methodology. DEFINITON OF SIX SIGMA Six sigma can be defined as “a business process that allows organizations to drastically improve their bottom line by designing and monitoring every day business activities
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A REVIEW OF THE FORMS AND PATTERNS OF RURAL SETTLEMENTS IN THE SIX GEOPOLITICAL ZONES OF NIGERIA BY POPOOLA‚ OLUWAFEMI OLATUNJI (URP/2011/046) RURAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING URP 307 OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY‚ IFE FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING SUBMITTED TO DR A.A. ABEGUNDE OCTOBER 2014 INTRODUCTION Nigeria is located in West Africa‚ roughly between Latitude 4°N and 14°N and Longitudes 4°E and I5°E. The
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Every summer I go on adventures with my family and friends to have a fun time. Six Flags is my favorite place to‚ because it’s filled with fun and excitement. I get the season pass every summer to go when I want and as many times I want. The roller coasters‚ games‚ and food is what I like the most about Six Flags. The first best thing I enjoy about Six Flags is their roller coasters. I remember the first time I went I was scared but thrilled to get on the rides. As I walked towards the black gates
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Birmingham Six The Birmingham Six was a group of six individuals who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The six men were from Northern Ireland and had lived in Birmingham since the 1960s. Five of them had left‚ apparently intoxicated‚ to the Birmingham New Street train station for Belfast on November 21st 1974‚ the night the Tavern in the Town and Mulberry Bush pubs were bombed. It was within six minutes when two pubs had blown up. These men were traveling to attend a funeral of their childhood
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Contents ix QUAI.TY AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 25 (Ju‚ility and Business Results 27 TIIRLE LEVELS OF QUALITY 29 QUALITY AND PERSONAL VALUES 29 SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS AND TERMINOLOGY 31 QUALITY IN PRACTCE: FROM LEADERSHIP THROUGH QUALITY TO LEAN Six SIGMA AT XEROX 31 CHAPTER 3 PHILOSOPHIES AND FRAMEWORKS THE CEDAR FOUNDATION 90 89 QUALIY PROFILES: TEXAS NAMEPLATE COMPANY‚ INC.‚ AND THE DEMING PHILOSOPHY 91 Deming ’s 14 Points 99 Foundations of the Deming Philosophy 92 QUALITY
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The Six Branches Christina Viola Hickey American InterContinental University Abstract Philosophy is everything of the mind. The goal of philosophy is to address the “big questions” that do not fall into other disciplines: how people should act (ethics)‚ what exists (metaphysics)‚ how individuals know what they know (epistemology)‚ and how people should reason (logic). Originating from Greek‚ the word means “love of wisdom.”(WiseGeek‚2015) Metaphysics‚ epistemology‚ ethics‚ aesthetics
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H Partners and Six Flags Case # 1: In order to determine the enterprise value and recovery rates for each class of creditors implied by the April 2009 attempted exchange offer‚ we first had to determine the priority levels of the capital structure. We used Exhibit 7 in the Case documents to determine the priority levels of each class. The top priority class included the SFTP Revolver and Term Loan; the second priority class included the SFO Notes; and the third priority class included the SFI
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