Six Sigma: literature review and implications for future research

six sigma: literature review and implications for future research

there has been considerable number of papers published related to six sigma applications in manufacturing and service organizations. however, very few studies are done on reviewing the literature of six sigma in all the areas including manufacturing, construction, education, financial service, bpos and healthcare etc. considering the contribution of six sigma in recent time, a more comprehensiv...

Six Sigma: literature review and implications for future research

Six Sigma: a literature review analysis

Six Sigma (SS) methodology is nowadays one of the most used approaches in the Quality Management field since its benefits coming from the improvement of the process outputs quality by identifying and removing the causes of defects and variability in manufacturing and business processes. Thus, literature on the SS topic is exponentially increased during last decades; the vast number of works on ...

RFID: A Bibliographical Literature Review with Future Research Directions

Abstract Purpose of this paper: The purpose of this article is to review some of the most prominent applications of RFID in industries and to provide a comprehensive review of the work done from 1985 through 2007 and the research trend on that. The effectiveness of RFID and the challenges that it is facing with are also discussed. Some applications of radio frequency identification in supply ...

Quality Improvement Tool Six Sigma: A Literature Review

Six Sigma Methodology which was developed in 1980`s at Motorola (USA) has recently caught up with time in improving quality in large and as well as medium sized industries. Here, we are talking about the concept of six sigma & its implications in several fields. After going through the paper the reader will become fully aware of six sigma methodology as to how it optimizes the manufacturing wit...

Health-related quality of life after stroke: review of the literature and implications for future research.

Limits on health care resources mandate that resource-allocation decisions be guided by consideration of cost in relation to the associated expected benefits. It therefore leads to an increased demand for economic evaluation and medical technology assessment. Nowadays, cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) has emerged as a favored analytic technique for economic evaluation in health care. Currently...