As reported by Jonathan Chong, Director of Business
Development, TBM Consulting Group—Mexico, the
DMAIC process using Six Sigma tools can be effectively
used in the food and beverage industry and other continuous process manufacturing environments to improve rawmaterial utilization, thereby providing a significant contribution to the bottom line. He further emphasized that often
many food and beverage manufacturers collect and archive
a mountain of process data but do not analyze them or use
them to improve their processes. Usually, the data collected
is in an incorrect format or cannot be used because it was
collected using inadequate measurement system. By
effectively applying the DMAIC process and Six Sigma
tools, significant financial benefits, often 1–2 % of annual
sales, can be realized from improving raw-material
utilization.