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A Six Sigma Application for the Reduction of Floor Covering Defects

Sambudi Hamali, Shelvy Kurniawan, Cecep Hidayat, An Nisaa Amalia Fitriani, Garvin Osmond and Natasha Evanti

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 26, Issue T, April 2018

Keywords: Defective products, DMAIC, quality control, Six Sigma

Published on: 11 Jul 2018

Quality of a product is a key to improving a company's competitiveness. PT. "X" is a company engaged in plastic waste processing. It converts the waste into a floor carpet. The purpose of this study was to determine the number of sigma levels generated by PT. "X" in producing Floor covering, what caused the defects and how to reduce defective products using Six Sigma methods based on DMAIC step. Data for the study was collected from interviews and production statistics. The results showed the level of product quality was sigma 3.67, which is an average industry standard for Indonesia. Further, it was found that man (worker) is the major factor for occurrence of defective products. Therefore, a new employment policy at PT. "X" is needed.

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

Article ID

JSSH-T0711-2018

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