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Introduction to Six Sigma
Purpose
Increase Profits
Customer
Satisfaction
Reducing
Variation
Consistency
Reducing Defects
Frequency
Normal Curve:
Random Variable
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Introduction to Six Sigma
Normal Distribution:
Probability Density
z statistic
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Introduction to Six Sigma
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Introduction to Six Sigma
Good Enough?
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Features of Six Sigma
• Six Sigma is a data driven methodology, and requires accurate data collection for
the processes being analyzed.
• Six Sigma is about putting results on Financial Statements.
• Six Sigma is a business-driven, multi-dimensional structured approach for:
o Improving Processes
o Lowering Defects
o Reducing process variability
o Reducing costs
o Increasing customer satisfaction
o Increased profits
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Terminologies in Six Sigma Management
Our Customers Feel the Variance, Not the Mean. So Six Sigma focuses first on reducing
process variation and then on improving the process capability
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Elements of Six Sigma
Define
Customers Quality
Improve
Processes
Roles
Employee &
Responsibilities
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Voice of Customer (VoC)
Voice of the customer (VoC) is a term used in any business to describe the in-
depth process of capturing customer's expectations, preferences and dislikes.
Ref:
ustoday.com
Ref: colorbox.com
The Voice of the Process (VOP) basically describes what the process is telling you:
Achieve Control
Process
Signals
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Voice of Process (VoP)
• One of the best ways to find out the Voice of the Process is to use a control chart.
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VoC vs VoP
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PDCA
The PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) model first introduced by Walter Shewhart in 1929 and
popularized by W. Edwards Deming in the 1950s as “a flow diagram for learning, and for
improvement of a product and a process”
It is an iterative, four-stage approach for continually improving processes, products or
services, and for resolving problems.
It involves systematically testing possible solutions, assessing the results, and
implementing the solutions
The PDCA cycle provides a feedback mechanism for continual quality improvement.
PDCA is one approach toward Total Quality Management, and the basis on which Six
Sigma’s DMAIC model rests
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PDCA Cycle
Plan – Do– Check – Act
Plan
Identify The Analyze The
Problem Problem
• Identify the problem to be examined • Divide overall system into individual
• Formulate a specific problem statement to processes - map the process
clearly define the problem • Brainstorm potential causes for the problem
• Set measurable and attainable goals • Collect and analyze data to validate the root
• Identify stakeholders and develop cause
necessary communication gain approval • Verify or revise the original problem
statement
Tools :
Direct observation of process, Process mapping, Flowcharting
Cause and Effect diagrams and Pareto analysis
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PDCA Cycle
Do
Implement a
Develop Solutions Solution
Check
Achieve desired
Evaluate the result
goals
Tools:
• Direct observation of process
• Graphical analysis
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PDCA Cycle
Act
Look for
Implement the improvement
solution opportunities
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PDCA Cycle
Plan
Do
Check
Improvement
No
Goal?
Act
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Roles and Responsibilities
There are seven specific responsibilities or "role areas" in a Six Sigma program, which are
as follows.
Leadership
Team
Sponsor
Implementation
Leader
Coach
Team Leader
Team Member
A leadership team or council defines the goals and objectives in the Six Sigma process.
Responsibilities:
• Defines the purpose of the Six Sigma program
• Explains how the result is going to benefit the customer
• Sets a schedule for work and interim deadlines
• Develops a mean for review and oversight
• Support team members and defend established positions
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Roles and Responsibilities
Sponsor
Six Sigma sponsors are high-level individuals who understand Six Sigma and are
committed to its success.
The individual in the sponsor role acts as a problem solver for the ongoing Six Sigma
project.
Sponsors are the owners of processes and systems, who help initiate and coordinate Six
Sigma improvement activities in their areas of responsibilities.
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Roles and Responsibilities
Implementation
Leader
The person responsible for supervising the Six Sigma team effort, who supports the
leadership council by ensuring that the work of the team is completed in the desired
manner, is the Implementation Leader.
Ensuring success of the implementation plan and solving problems as they arise, training
as needed, and assisting sponsors in motivating the team are some of the key
responsibilities of an implementation leader.
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Roles and Responsibilities
Coach
Coach is a Six Sigma expert or consultant who sets a schedule, defines result of a project,
and who mediates conflict, or deals with resistance to the program.
Duties include working as a go-between for sponsor and leadership, scheduling the work
of the team, identifying and defining the desired results of the project, mediating
disagreements, conflicts, and resistance to the program and identifying success as it
occurs.
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Roles and Responsibilities
Team Leader
• It is an individual responsible for overseeing the work of the team and for acting as a go
between with the sponsor and the team members.
• Responsibilities include communication with the sponsor in defining project goals and
rationale, picking and assisting team members and other resources, keeping the project
on schedule, and keeping track of steps in the process as they are completed.
Team Member
• An employee who works on a Six Sigma project, given specific duties within a project,
and has deadlines to meet in reaching specific project goals.
• Team members execute specific Six Sigma assignments and work with other members of
the team within a defined project schedule, to reach specifically identified goals.
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Roles and Responsibilities
Process Owner
The individual who takes on responsibility for a process after a Six Sigma team has
completed its work.
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Roles and Responsibilities
White Belt
Six Sigma White Belt is the basic level of certification that provides you
information about basic concepts of Six Sigma.
White Belts can not only assist with change management within an
organization, but they can also participate on local problem solving teams
that support projects
Process Owner
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Roles and Responsibilities
Yellow Belt
Six Sigma Yellow Belts are those who have basic knowledge of Six
Sigma but don't lead their own projects. While they're not project leaders,
they often start projects using a method known as PDCA, which stands for
Plan, Do, Check, and Act.
Yellow Belts are responsible for identifying certain processes that need
improvement. The Yellow Belt is an introductory position within Six
Sigma that is often called upon to assist Green and Black Belts with projects.
Team Member
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Roles and Responsibilities
Green Belt
Six Sigma Green belts are skilled team players and their aim is to improve
process quality. They help to bridge the gap between the Six Sigma theory
and real-world application.
Six Sigma Green Belt candidates play a vital role in improving the process,
data inspection or Project Management.
The Green Belts have two primary tasks: first, to help successfully deploy
Six Sigma techniques, and second, to lead small-scale improvement projects
within their respective areas.
Team Member
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Roles and Responsibilities
Black Belt
The person possessing this belt has achieved the highest skill level and is an
experienced expert in various techniques.
As applied to the Six Sigma program, the individual designated as a Black
Belt has completed a thorough internal training program and has
the experience of working on several projects.
The black belt holder is usually given the role of, the person who is
responsible for execution and scheduling.
A certified Black Belt exhibits team leadership, understands team dynamics,
and assigns their team members with roles and responsibilities
Team Leader
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Roles and Responsibilities
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Champion
The Six Sigma Champion is a senior or middle level executive whose role is
choosing and sponsoring specific projects.
He or she ensures the availability of resources. A champion is the person on
the team who knows the business at hand inside and out as well as the Six
Sigma Methodology.
They are responsible for ensuring that whatever projects are undertaken
mesh well with the goals and intentions of the business or corporation
overall.
Implementation Leader
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Data Analysis
To find the arithmetic mean, add the values of all terms and them divide sum by the number
of terms, the quotient is the arithmetic mean.
X1+X2+X3…….Xn
Arithmetic Mean =
n
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Example 1
Arithmetic Mean
Class Mid f fx
Value(x)
20-30 25 8 200
30-40 35 26 910
40-50 45 30 1350
50-60 55 20 1100
60-70 65 16 1040
Total --- 100 4600
AM = (Σfx)/n= 4600/100 = 46
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Example 2
Arithmetic Mean
Class Mid f fx
Value(x)
0-11 5.5 9 49.5
11-22 16.5 17 280.5
22-33 27.5 28 770
33-44 38.5 26 1001
44-55 49.5 15 742.5
55-66 60.5 8 484
Total --- 103 3327.5
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Measures
MeasuresofofCentral
CentralTendancy
Tendency
Median
The median is defined as the measure of the central term, when the given terms are
arranged in the ascending or descending order of magnitudes.
In other words the median is value which total of the frequencies above this
value is equal to the total of the frequencies below this value.
The median is the value of the variable which divides the group into two
equal parts one part comprising all values greater, and the other all values less then the
median
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Measures of Central Tendency
Procedure :
1. Arrange the variables in ascending or descending order
2. Case A : Odd number (n) of variates:
(n+1)/2th = Median
Case B: Even number (n) of variates:
Mean of n/2th and (n/2)+1th gives the Median
48 85 47 90 66 68 74 39 85
88 47 56 66 50 42 74 69 70
Above table shows the marks of 18 students in a subject. Calculate the mean and
median
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Measures
MeasuresofofCentral
CentralTendancy
Tendency
Ascending order
n/2th
39 42 47 47 48 50 56 66 66
68 69 70 74 74 85 85 88 90
(n/2)+1th
n= 18
Mean = 64.66
Median= (66+68) / 2 = 67
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Measures of Central Tendency
Mode
The mode is that value (or size) of the variate for which the frequency is
maximum or the point of maximum frequency or the point of maximum density.
In other words, the mode is the maximum ordinate of the ideal curve which gives the
closest fit to the actual distribution.
X 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Frequency 1 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 2
Mode = 5
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Measures of Central Tendency
Example:
1. Following table shows the values of percent humidity for a period of 20 days of a
city.
Calculate Mean, median and mode.
Answers: Mean =
Median =
Mode=
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Measures of Central Tendency
Example:
2. Following table shows the values of CO in gms /km of 11 BS IV diesel vehicles that
visited a particular pollution centre. Calculate the Mean median and mode.
0.42 0.41 0.35 0.48 0.38 0.41 0.31 0.32 0.58 0.36 0.34
Answers: Mean =
Median =
Mode=
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Measures of Central Tendency
Median ( for grouped series)
Md = L + ( n/2 – c.f )X i
f
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Measures of Central Tendency
Solution:
Cumulative Frequencies
Wages in Rs. No. of Workers (f) (c.f.)
0-10 22 22
10--20 38 60
20-30 46 106
30-40 35 141
40-50 20 161
(( 161/2) – 60))
= 20 + x 10 = 20+4.46=24.46
46
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Measures of Central Tendency
Solution:
Cumulative Frequencies
Wages in Rs. No. of Workers (f) (c.f.)
0-10 12 12
10--20 8 20
20-30 46 66
30-40 65 131
40-50 30 161
Solution:
Cumulative Frequencies
Wages in Rs. No. of Workers (f) (c.f.)
0-10 12 12
10--20 8 20
20-30 46 66
30-40 65 131
40-50 30 161
50-60 00 161
Less than 40 84
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Measures
MeasuresofofCentral
CentralTendancy
Tendency
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Measures of Central Tendency
f1 – f0
Mode = L + 2f1 – f0 –f2 X i
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Measures of Central Tendency
Solution.
Here maximum frequency 72 lies in the class-interval 21-28. Therefore 21-28 is
the modal class. f1 – f0
Mode = L + 2f1 – f0 –f2 X i
Mode =25.42
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Partition Values
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4 Q1 (Lower Quartile)
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8 Median
9 9
10 10
11 11
12 12 Q3 ( Upper Quartile )
13 13
14 14
15 15
Median
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Partition Values
Compute Q1, Q2, Q3 for following data
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Partition Values
The given series can be divided into four, ten and hundred equal pars.
The values of the variate dividing into four equal parts are called Quartile, into ten equal
parts are called Decile and into hundred equal parts are called Percentile.
Quartile Decile
DY = L + (Y)x(n)/10 – c. f x i
Q1 = L + n/4 – c. f x i
f
f
Q3 = L + 3n/4 – c. f x i Y= 1 to 10
f
Percentile
.
PZ= L + (Z)x(n)/100 – c. f x i
f
Example :
Compute the median , lower and upper quartiles, fourth decile and 70th percentile for
the following distribution:
Marks group 5--10 10--15 15--20 20--25 25--30 30--35 35--40 40--45
Number of
students 5 6 15 10 5 4 2 2
L= 20 , c.f =26, f = 10 , i = 5, n = 49
Q1 = L + n/4 – c. f x i 49/4 – 11 x 5
= 15 +
f 15
Upper Quartile
L= 25 , c.f =36, f = 5 , i = 5, n = 49
Q3 = L + 3n/2 – c. f x i 3*49/2 – 36 x 5
= 25 +
f 5
70th Percentile
L= 20 , c.f =26, f = 10 , i = 5, n = 49
70 n/100 – c. f x i 70*49/100 – 26 x 5
P70= L + = 20 +
f 10
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Measures of Variation
1. The Range:
• It is the simplest possible measure of dispersion.
• The range of a set of numbers (data) is the difference between the largest and
the least numbers in the set i.e. values of the variable.
• If this difference is small then the series of numbers is supposed regular and if
this difference is large then the series is supposed to be irregular.
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Measures of Variation
2. Semi-inter-quartile range:
• The inter quartile range of a set of data is defined by Inter-quartile range = Q3-
Q1
• where Q1 and Q3 are respectively the first and third quartiles for the data.
• Semi-inter quartile range (or quartile deviation) is denoted by Q and is defined by
Q =(Q3 – Q1)/2
• The semi-inter-quartile range is a better measure of dispersion than the range and
is easily computed.
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Measures of Variation
3. Variance
n
Σ ( xi – mean )2
= i=1
n-1
4. Standard deviation:
n
Σ ( xi – mean)2
i=1
=
n-1
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Parameter versus Statistic
Population Sample
P S
Number : N n
Mean: μ x̅
Variance : σ2 s2
Std Deviation: σ s
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Measures of Variation for sample
3. Variance
n
Σ ( xi – x̅ )2
S2 = i=1
n-1
4. Standard Deviation
n
S= Σ ( xi – x̅ )2
i=1
n-1
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Measures of Variation
Example: Calculate the variance and standard deviation for the following
Time 39 32 29 28 32 45 41 37 39 32 38 27 40 34
Solution : n = 14
x̅ = 35.2
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Measures of Variation
Time (s) ( xi - x̅ ) ( xi - x̅ )2
39 3.79 14.36
32 -3.21 10.30
29 -6.21 38.56
28 -7.21 51.98
S2 = 29.41
32 -3.21 10.30
45 9.79 95.84 S = 5.42
41 5.79 33.52
37 1.79 3.20
39 3.79 14.36
32 -3.21 10.30
38 2.79 7.78
27 -8.21 67.40
40 4.79 22.94
34 -1.21 1.46
382.36
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Variance and Std. Deviation for
Grouped Data
Find an estimate of the mean, variance and standard deviation of the following data for
the marks obtained in a test by 88 students.
Frequency 6 16 24 25 17
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Mean, Variance and Std. Deviation for
Grouped Data
Variance:
S2 = (Σfx2) __ x̅2 = 83800 __ (28.52)2 = 138.72
n 88
S. D = (138.72)1/2 = 11.78
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Variance and Std. Deviation for
Grouped Data
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Skewness
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Skewness
M=Md=Mo
We know that for a symmetrical distribution the mean, median and mode coincide.
Therefore, skewness in a distribution is shown when these three averages do not
coincide.
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Positive Skewness
Back
Q3 + Q1 – 2Md
JQ =
Q3 – Q1
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Example :
Compute the first and second coefficient of skewness for following data
Marks group 5--10 10--15 15--20 20--25 25--30 30--35 35--40 40--45
Number of
students 5 6 15 10 5 4 2 2
First coefficient of skewness :
Q3 + Q1 – 2Md
JQ = = 0.21
Q3 – Q1
Second coefficient of skewness
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