H-L Archives - 6sigma https://6sigma.com/glossary_category/h-l/ Six Sigma Certification and Training Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:24:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://6sigma.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-favicon-blue-68x68.png H-L Archives - 6sigma https://6sigma.com/glossary_category/h-l/ 32 32 Judgment sampling https://6sigma.com/glossary_term/judgment-sampling/ Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:24:48 +0000 http://sixsigma.glidedesign.com/?post_type=glossary_term&p=539 Approach that involves making educated guesses about which items or people are representative of a whole, generally to be avoided.

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]]> ISO-9000 https://6sigma.com/glossary_term/iso-9000/ Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:24:32 +0000 http://sixsigma.glidedesign.com/?post_type=glossary_term&p=538 Standard and guideline used to certify organizations as competent in defining and adhering to documented processes; mostly associated with quality assurance systems, not quality improvement.

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]]> Institutionalization https://6sigma.com/glossary_term/institutionalization/ Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:24:18 +0000 http://sixsigma.glidedesign.com/?post_type=glossary_term&p=537 Fundamental changes in daily behaviors, attitudes, and practices that make changes “permanent”, cultural adaptation of changes implemented by Process Improvement, Design or Redesign-including complex business systems such as HR, MIS, Training, etc.

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]]> Input measures https://6sigma.com/glossary_term/input-measures/ Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:24:01 +0000 http://sixsigma.glidedesign.com/?post_type=glossary_term&p=536 Measures related to and describing the input into a process; predictors of output measures.

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]]> Input https://6sigma.com/glossary_term/input/ Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:23:46 +0000 http://sixsigma.glidedesign.com/?post_type=glossary_term&p=535 Any product, service, or piece of information that comes into the process from a supplier.

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]]> Improve https://6sigma.com/glossary_term/improve/ Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:23:21 +0000 http://sixsigma.glidedesign.com/?post_type=glossary_term&p=534 DMAIC phase where solutions and ideas are creatively generated and decided upon. Once a problem has been fully identified, measured, and analyzed, potential solutions can be determined to solve the problem in the problem statement and support the goal statement. See also Charter.

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]]> Hypothesis statement https://6sigma.com/glossary_term/hypothesis-statement/ Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:23:07 +0000 http://sixsigma.glidedesign.com/?post_type=glossary_term&p=533 A complete description of the suspected cause(s) of a process problem.

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]]> Histogram or Frequency Plot https://6sigma.com/glossary_term/histogram-or-frequency-plot/ Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:22:52 +0000 http://sixsigma.glidedesign.com/?post_type=glossary_term&p=532 Chart used to graphically represents the frequency, distribution and “centeredness” of a population.

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]]> Handoff https://6sigma.com/glossary_term/handoff/ Mon, 05 Aug 2013 20:22:38 +0000 http://sixsigma.glidedesign.com/?post_type=glossary_term&p=531 Any time in a process when one person (or job title) passes on the item moving through the process to another person; potential to add defects, time, and cost to a process.

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