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Six Sig·ma

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- 1. a set of management techniques intended to improve business processes by greatly reducing the probability that an error or defect will occur: trademark in US "the company has long used Six Sigma to analyze its manufacturing processes"
Word Origin 1980s: from the statistical term for six standard deviations (see sigma), a key measure for this method of quality control.
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Six Sigma (6σ) is a set of techniques and tools for process improvement. It was introduced by American engineer Bill Smith while working at Motorola in 1986. Six Sigma strategies seek to improve manufacturing quality by identifying and removing the causes of defects and minimizing variability in manufacturing and business processes. This is done by using empirical and statistical quality managemen... Wikipedia
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