Six Sigma seeks to improve the quality of process outputs by identifying and removing the causes of defects (errors) and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes.[4] It uses a set of quality management methods‚ including statistical methods‚ and creates a special infrastructure of people within the organization ("Black Belts"‚ "Green Belts"‚ etc.) who are experts in these methods.[4] Each Six Sigma project carried out within an organization follows a defined sequence of steps
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NIGHTINGALE’S ENVIRONMENTAL THEORY By Azeem Jan‚ Darlene Haddock‚ James Gibson‚ Jennifer Hall‚ Marisela Felix‚ and Melissa Dawley Grand Canyon University January 28‚ 2012 OVERVIEW OF NIGHTINGALE’S THEORY Florence Nightingale provided a framework for current nursing practice. Health is achieved when an individual makes appropriate and educated decisions. Illness is a negative reaction to a patient’s choices. Key elements of nursing=clean environment‚ fresh air and water‚ warmth‚ quite and
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Grandmothers Jewelry Box An object I found to be most significant and interesting is my grandmother’s jewelry box. This jewelry box has been an important object in my life since I was a little girl. Whenever I glance over‚ incredible memories dance in my head of my grandmother and me. I chose to write about this jewelry box because it’s so important to me. Ever since I was a little girl I wanted nothing more than to be like my grandmother. My grandmother’s jewelry box rests on my nightstand
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Published online in Wiley Interscience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/tal.368 PROS AND CONS OF MULTISTORY RC TUNNEL-FORM (BOX-TYPE) BUILDINGS EROL KALKAN1* AND S. BAHADIR YÜKSEL2 2 1 California Geological Survey‚ Sacramento‚ CA‚ USA Department of Civil Engineering‚ Selcuk University‚ Konya‚ Turkey SUMMARY Tunnel-form structural systems (i.e.‚ box systems)‚ having a load-carrying mechanism composed of reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls and slabs only‚ have been prevailingly utilized
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For Internal Use Only Team 8 Executive Summary Six Flags has had great success over a number of years through providing a one-stop entertainment destination complete with thrilling roller coaster rides and an exciting atmosphere. In recent years‚ however‚ Six Flags has been struggling and is now in dire need of a boost to help regain its success in the Theme park industry. We focused our secondary research on past and current articles on Six Flags as well as the theme park industry as a whole
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Six Sigma Six Sigma is a methodological approach by which errors in a company’s current processes and plans are identified and strategies to fix the same are formulated. It is fact-based technique‚ involving a lot of data handling‚ which provides scientific results for cost cutting and reduction in waste of resources. It is also a fat–based‚ data–driven philosophy of quality improvement that values defect deterrence over defect exposure. It drives customer satisfaction and bottom-line results
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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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MKT9M6 – Living Outside The Box A report to the founder of the new online company 16/04/2013 Executive Summary This report aims to establish the appropriate business model to adopt for a new online retailer. The content of this report will cover the changing trends in the current market environment that will affect the prospects of this new company‚ focusing on four key areas‚ technology‚ ethics‚ population and the recession. The technology
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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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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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