Six Sigma Fundamentals: A Complete Introduction to the System, Methods, and Tools

Implementing six sigma

consultants, 276–7

in future, 273–4

steps, 217–6

Improvement practices

continual, 6, 107, 233, 242

in DMAIC model, 34, 46

movement, 278

process, 154–55

quantification of, 131

See also Quality improvement

Induction, 143

Ingersoll Rand (U.S.), 104

Inherent failure mechanisms, 108

Initial sample runs (ISR), 114

Injury, 106

Innovation, 188

Inputs, 54

Inspection

and corrective action, 92, 245

systems, 101–2

Instantaneous failure rate, 206

Institutionalizing

improvements, 40

SPC knowledge, 70–71

Integrated planning, 126

Interface diagram, 113

Intermediaries, 23

Intermediate customer, 107

Internal customers, 16, 23, 95, 107

Internal failure costs, 132

International

Quality Federation, 265

standards, 109

Interviews, 213

Inventory as leanness marker, 104

ISO 8402, 214

ISO-9000 series, 109, 176, 214, 215

ISO 9001, 215

ISO 14000, 215, 241–8

ISO 14001, 241–44

ISO/TS 16949, 175, 215