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Page:	Finding and Selecting Good Six Sigma Projects By B. Krishna Obvious Areas For Improvement External Defects Anything you have recently been audited or formally rejected for Anything you haven't been audited or rejected for, but you know is out of specification or not meeting regulations Anything you inspect and/or contain to protect the customer Anything you cover for by having a guy in the customer's plant, etc. Internal Defects Any scrap issues, parts, or materials Anything you rework/recycle in house - you should keep accurate track of rework by defect Anything you have a poka yoke for - you should know how often the poka yoke is catchingsomething and then try to figure out how to prevent it rather than catch it Efficiency/Capacity Issues Anywhere you make less parts than expected Anytime you are currently working non-customer driven overtime Any process where you are running slower than expected cycle Any process or machine with downtime Any process with premium freight costs Any process that has added labor to make the required cycle Other Plant Cost Drivers or Measurables Any cost driver with a negative variance may point to a project Any plant metric that is important and runs at an unacceptable level or with large amounts of variation is a good indicator for a project Next Page > Less Obvious Areas For Improvement Page 3 > General Guidelines For Project Selection

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