SOURCING PROCESS IMPROVEMENT WITH SIX SIGMA METHODOLOGY

Abstract

Although its application is most frequently related to the manufacturing and technological part of the business life, to maximize effectiveness of six sigma methodology it is worth to extend it to the whole business organization. In majority of the cases there is also a huge potential in the so called indirect processes – these are the ones that has no direct effect on the manufacturing activity and the quality of its product but their contribution to the final outcome and customer satisfaction is definitely not negligible. One of these core indirect value creation processes is the sourcing activity. The main goal of the below project introduction is to highlight the inherent opportunities of this area.