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Consider a power company for illustration purposes: A power company measures its performance in uptime of available power to its grid. Here is the five-step process to calculate your Process Sigma. Step 1: Define Your Opportunities An opportunity is the lowest defect noticeable by a customer. This definition, of course, is debatable within the […]

A multinational paper company wanted to reduce its cost of poor quality. The company recognized an opportunity to use Six Sigma concepts to minimize variability in its processes.