GE MEdical System and SixSIGMA

Hari gini blm pernah denger Six SIgma ? sama.. :p

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but think about it.. how does it looks like.. when SIx sigma meets a huge great medical company like GE Medical System ? we know they are already have their own 'Work Out' system .--- as 'Proven Outcomes' for Siemen'.. why must they adopt this six sigma ?

read this : http://savelives.gecareers.com/abtus_cf6sigma.html
Imagine a quality initiative so ambitious, its goal is to achieve perfection -- to be 99.9996% defect-free in every product, service, process and technology throughout a company. Through Six Sigma, that company is GE. And through Six Sigma, GE Medical Systems continues to set itself apart from the competition by maintaining an unparalleled dedication to absolute customer satisfaction.

What is Six Sigma?
Six Sigma is a rigorous quality initiative -- a highly disciplined process designed to reduce defects and drive improvements throughout our business. To meet our goal of near perfection, we employ many Six Sigma tools -- gathering "voice of the customers," SIPOC process mapping, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), and Design of Experiment (DOE) -- which all GE Medical Systems employees become equipped with through intensive training.

Six Sigma quality is more than a goal. It's a commitment woven deeply into the fabric of everything we do. We embrace change and welcome every opportunity to better serve our customers in ways they can see, feel and measure. We strive to achieve Six Sigma quality by making sure our products are exactly what our customers want. And by making sure we deliver the highest standards of performance against any and all measurements.

Six Sigma involves an intense sharing of ideas, and thus builds upon an earlier GE initiative known as "Work-Out™." Beyond identifying and implementing "best practices," however, Six Sigma creates a culture with unlimited capacity to improve every GE Medical Systems product, service and technology.

A Six Sigma breakthrough in GE
The introduction of Six Sigma sparked an incredible energy in our people at GE Medical Systems, and its effects were tangible from the outset.

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GE Medical Systems led the way among GE businesses in seeing that our customers benefit from Six Sigma. Our 1998 introduction of LightSpeed™, our revolutionary Computed Tomography system, was GE's first product completely "Designed For Six Sigma" (DFSS).

Clearly, our customer focused Six Sigma efforts are achieving their goals -- customer reaction to LightSpeed has been unprecedented, with new orders for the system coming in at a rate six times faster than any product we have ever introduced.

"There is an infinite capacity to improve everything " -- Jack Welch GE Chairman.