Six Sigma Initiative

Six Sigma Initiative

Six Sigma is the Deming Center’s newest initiative. While the Deming Center's three initiatives are all inextricably linked to one another in their pursuit of quality management, service, and profit goals, Six Sigma is universally recognized as an effective tool to drive efficiency and quality across many industries. Six Sigma embodies the principles of total quality management that W. Edwards Deming sought to establish in every industry he touched. Six Sigma methodology also focuses on measuring results by reducing product or service failure rates to 3.4 per million. All aspects of a Six Sigma company’s infrastructure must be analyzed, and if necessary, restructured to increase revenues and raise the level of customer satisfaction.

Objectives

Often Six Sigma practice fails to live up to the theory. The Deming Center seeks to bring together companies who are actively deploying Six Sigma with members of the academic community to share and discuss Six Sigma implementation issues.