Growth Through Engineering Six Sigma

Indian organizations are losing edge to China low-cost manufacturing practices and are facing turbulent marketing conditions. Emulation of Chinese practices is rare possibility because of vibrant Indian democracy. Indians have other avenues and opportunities to learn and apply Six Sigma methodology in their manufacturing endeavors to become resilient and profit making. Tremendous work has been done in lean manufacturing. Lean with Six Sigma amalgamation with customer centricity has great potential. It is evident that significant control on defect rates improves financial condition of the company. It further improves image of the company and enhances status among organization on the attribute of quality parameters. It is proven fact now that defect rates have direct impact on the success or failure of the company. It must be the predisposition of each organization to achieve Six Sigma levels and achieve zero defects. Research work is carried out to reduce the defect rate in an automobile parts manufacturing company of Himachal Pradesh, by implementing DMAIC methodology. It is found that lean with Six Sigma implementation defects is reduced to 0.9 % from 3.6 % with better surface finish by implementing right burnishing process. This is not the end of the story, further improvements are possible to reduce it below 0.25 %.