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Six Sigma - a New Approach of Quality

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  • Maria Nicolai

    (Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania)

  • Sofia Totolici

    (Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Romania)

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The term six sigma was elaborated by Motorola Corp, in the early ‘80s, after a visit in Japan. The method’s application with this name has reduced the fabrication deficiencies with 99,7%, thus, in 1998, Motorola Corp. was one of the first companies to receive The Quality National Award in USA, “Malcolm Baldrige”. Then the method was used by other companies as well, which have declared that using the six sigma method, the 3,4 deficiencies per million of opportunities level may be achieved, attaining not perfection, but almost perfection.

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  • Maria Nicolai & Sofia Totolici, 2005. "Six Sigma - a New Approach of Quality," Economics and Applied Informatics, "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, issue 1, pages 91-98, JUNE.
    • Handle: RePEc:ddj:fseeai:y:2005:i:1:p:91-98
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    1. Justyna Lemke & Kinga Kijewska & Stanisław Iwan & Tomasz Dudek, 2021. "Six Sigma in Urban Logistics Management—A Case Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-16, April.

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    Six-Sigma method; quality;

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