Study on Effective Factors in using Six Sigma Projects in Saipa Co.

Abstract

The Six Sigma methodology has been established as a process oriented methodology with emphasis on outcome and effectiveness and seeks to improve the quality of the products, services, and processes. In our country, along with other countries, the industrial facilities and services have acted rapidly to exchange information with other organizations and industrial centers of the world with the high capability and implement it. This methodology has been used for one of the manufacturing companies “Shetabkar Co.” that supplies the car parts for Irankhodro Co. This study is a case study on the implementation of Six Sigma projects in Shetabkar Co., which includes introduction, history, and definition of Six Sigma from experts’ viewpoints about the Six Sigma quality and the role of the teams in the implementation of Six Sigma strategy and also a series of the research works that are relevant to this topic. Finally, 5 factors are selected as the effective factors in the implementation of Six Sigma and the relationship between these factors with the successful implementation of Six Sigma has consistency and validity due to the questionnaire and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test is applied and proven for the normality and the impact of each factor is individually analyzed and then a series of recommendations have been proposed for the successful implementation of Six Sigma projects.