Critical Success Factors of "Six Sigma Implementation In Textile Industry: A case Study Of Nishat Mills Ltd"

Abstract

In recent years, the change in technology and innovation has been increasing significantly. The quest to provide better, cheaper and faster products and services in order to achieve customer satisfaction has been greatly intensified). Six Sigma gains momentum as one of the most effective improvement drives among a large number of multinational organizations, and its adoption shows an upward trend . Six Sigma provides a set of tool to be used when a focused technical breakthrough approach is required to resolve complicated technical issues such as design and manufacturing or business process issues Since the beginning of the 1990s, the Six Sigma initiative which makes use of a collection of quality management and statistical tools has been introduced and practiced as a quality management system. This article presents the application of Six Sigma to improve quality in textile sector. Today achieving customer satisfaction is most important objective of the organizations and quality management (QM) is the most effective approach to achieve this objective. The QM is an embodiment of concepts, methods and applications. It is a philosophy that underlines the organizational transformation that enables manufacturing organizations to reap real benefits from improvement in quality performance and competitiveness. Under competitive pressures, organizations need to learn faster and lead in best practice for business excellence. Indian organizations have come to understand that, in order to stay competitive, an improvement in organizational quality performance is necessary. Thus, a body of organizations started.