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Contents
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• 1 Historical overview
• 2 Methods
○ 2.1 DMAIC
○ 2.2 DMADV or DFSS
○ 2.3 Quality management tools and methods used in Six Sigma
• 3 Implementation roles
○ 3.1 Certification
• 4 Origin and meaning of the term "six sigma process"
○ 4.1 Role of the 1.5 sigma shift
○ 4.2 Sigma levels
• 5 Software used for Six Sigma
• 6 List of Six Sigma companies
• 7 Criticism
○ 7.1 Lack of originality
○ 7.2 Role of consultants
○ 7.3 Potential negative effects
○ 7.4 Based on arbitrary standards
○ 7.5 Criticism of the 1.5 sigma shift
• 8 See also
• 9 References
• 10 Further reading
A control chart depicting a process that experienced a 1.5 sigma drift in the process mean
toward the upper specification limit starting at midnight. Control charts are used to maintain
6 sigma quality by signaling when quality professionals should investigate a process to find
and eliminate special-cause variation.
See also: Three sigma rule
The table[17][18] below gives long-term DPMO values corresponding to various short-term
sigma levels.
Note that these figures assume that the process mean will shift by 1.5 sigma toward the side
with the critical specification limit. In other words, they assume that after the initial study
determining the short-term sigma level, the long-term Cpk value will turn out to be 0.5 less
than the short-term Cpk value. So, for example, the DPMO figure given for 1 sigma assumes
that the long-term process mean will be 0.5 sigma beyond the specification limit (Cpk = –
0.17), rather than 1 sigma within it, as it was in the short-term study (Cpk = 0.33). Note that
the defect percentages only indicate defects exceeding the specification limit to which the
process mean is nearest. Defects beyond the far specification limit are not included in the
percentages.
Sigma level DPMO Percent defective Percentage yield Short-term Cpk Long-term Cpk
1 691,462 69% 31% 0.33 –0.17
2 308,538 31% 69% 0.67 0.17
3 66,807 6.7% 93.3% 1.00 0.5
4 6,210 0.62% 99.38% 1.33 0.83
5 233 0.023% 99.977% 1.67 1.17
6 3.4 0.00034% 99.99966% 2.00 1.5
7 0.019 0.0000019% 99.9999981% 2.33 1.83
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