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Six Sigma Methodology and Implementation in Indian Context: A Review-Based Study

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Advances in Intelligent Manufacturing

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Six Sigma is a highly disciplined approach used to reduce process variation and improve quality by analyzing the recorded data thoroughly using statistical tools. In recent years, the implementation of the Six Sigma strategy got a substantial hike in every business sector like manufacturing, service, and process across the world. But Indian industrial practitioners are still oblivious about the efficacy of Six Sigma as compared to the worldwide exploration of this approach. So this is the prime time to make aware of them about Six Sigma approach and its implementation. The focus of the present paper is the illustration of the basic concept, industrial methodology, tools, and effective employment of Six Sigma in India so that any industrial practitioner may easily understand Six Sigma concept, methodology, and toolset available for continuous improvement. Moreover, the future research direction is described in the field of Six Sigma.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, 144401, Punjab, India

    Mahipal Singh, Rajeev Rathi, Gurpreet Singh Phull & Mahender Singh Kaswan

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India

    Dinesh Khanduja

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  3. Centre for Nanofibers & Nanotechnology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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Singh, M., Rathi, R., Khanduja, D., Phull, G.S., Kaswan, M.S. (2020). Six Sigma Methodology and Implementation in Indian Context: A Review-Based Study. In: Krolczyk, G., Prakash, C., Singh, S., Davim, J. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Manufacturing. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4565-8_1

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