Quality Management final project paper
SIX SIGMA IN FOOD INDUSTRY The food industry is an enormous, cumulative and a distinct business with a complicated network that encompasses cultivation, manufacturing, packaging and distribution. Only in the US, people expend above one trillion on food alone. This is approximately equal to 10% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the United States. In food processing industries, back of house refers to the area where the food is prepared, while the front of house refers to the area where customers are served food. Usually commercial food processors use Six Sigma techniques because they have a built-in production set up (Philips, 2015).Continuous quality improvement is essential for food industries because the consumption of food is on day-to-day basis throughout the world. In food processing industries, quality is not just a fundamental goal but it is the bottom line of a business because the customer expectations are always high. Large amount of perishable and non-perishable food is manufactured and delivered throughout the world. Hence the need for quality and speed is required by increasing the productivity which raises profits for the food industry. Quality can be acquired by reducing variations in the product, size, and taste. Speed does not just imply how fast the food is delivered but also how best conditions are important for eliminating wastage. Six Sigma is a business improvement technique that has a framework which uses efficient tools and methods for a business to manufacture products of topmost quality and also to eliminate waste by effectively using the raw materials. Six Sigma management is applied in order to reduce variations that result in breakthrough and continuous improvements. Six sigma tools improve productivity, quality, efficiency and efficacy which lead to huge profits for any industry. Six Sigma is an analytical and statistical method that has a sub-methodology known as DMAIC which refers to - Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and
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