Supply Chain Management is a management of
goods, capital and the information flowing in the network
composed of providers manufacturers, distributors and
customers. The supply chain starts and ends with the customer.
Six-Sigma simply means a measure of quality that strives for
near perfection. Six-Sigma is a disciplined, data-driven approach
and methodology for eliminating defects (driving towards six
standard deviations between the mean and the nearest
specification limit) in any process -- from manufacturing to
transactional and from product to service. Under the
background of the economical globalization, to ensure that the
supply chain is operating as efficient as possible and generating
the highest level of customer satisfaction at the lowest cost,
companies have adopted Supply Chain Management processes
and associated technology. In addition, a brand-new
management pattern implements in the American Motorola and
the GF which has got the quick and effective results. This
management has gradually aroused various enterprises’ high
interest in the Europe and America, and this management is Six-
Sigma pattern. Six-Sigma is a strict strong and effective
management method which can improve enterprise flow quality
and implement principles. Six-Sigma has contained the
multitudinous front cutting edge achievement of management.
Six-Sigma comes to achieve the remarkable promotion of
financial result and the significant breakthrough of enterprise
competitive power by reducing, to large extent, the quality cost in
terms of the perfect commercial pursue. This article shows the
Six-Sigma quality process’s operation pattern, and the
differences between Six-Sigma quality process and the traditional
management method. This article will reveal the application
prospect of Six-Sigma management in supply chain by using
abundant cases and detail data.
Our study supports the idea that, management support is the
most important of success factors and it is not important only
for initiating Six Sigma but also required for overcoming the
problems faced by team members during Six Sigma project.
As mentioned by one of the participant: