TY - GEN
T1 - A system dynamics-based technological archetype to simulate the economic effects of a six sigma project
AU - Elizondo-Noriega, A.
AU - Tiruvengadam, N.
AU - Guemes-Castorena, D.
AU - Tercero-Gomez, V. G.
AU - Beruvides, M. G.
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - Six Sigma (SS) is now a well-entrenched methodology for performance improvement and comprises highly sophisticated tools targeted at quality improvement or cost reduction initiatives. However, the application of such tools is often not predicated on a foreknowledge or an informed supposition of the potential effects but is instead autotelic. One approach that has helped managers cope with the uncertainty associated with the implementation of an SS project is a simulation, which helps estimate the performance of critical system variables subjected to diverse what-if analyses. System Dynamics (SD) is a widely used simulation technique based on which no work has been performed to estimate the effects of an SS project in an organization. This work presents a holistic SD-based simulation model for an SS project that is based on a previously established technological archetype. The new model is intended to create a foundational template for future high-fidelity studies on the impact of SS projects in an organization.
AB - Six Sigma (SS) is now a well-entrenched methodology for performance improvement and comprises highly sophisticated tools targeted at quality improvement or cost reduction initiatives. However, the application of such tools is often not predicated on a foreknowledge or an informed supposition of the potential effects but is instead autotelic. One approach that has helped managers cope with the uncertainty associated with the implementation of an SS project is a simulation, which helps estimate the performance of critical system variables subjected to diverse what-if analyses. System Dynamics (SD) is a widely used simulation technique based on which no work has been performed to estimate the effects of an SS project in an organization. This work presents a holistic SD-based simulation model for an SS project that is based on a previously established technological archetype. The new model is intended to create a foundational template for future high-fidelity studies on the impact of SS projects in an organization.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85075639368&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.23919/PICMET.2019.8893958
DO - 10.23919/PICMET.2019.8893958
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - PICMET 2019 - Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology: Technology Management in the World of Intelligent Systems, Proceedings
BT - PICMET 2019 - Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology
A2 - Kocaoglu, Dundar F.
A2 - Anderson, Timothy R.
A2 - Kozanoglu, Dilek Cetindamar
A2 - Niwa, Kiyoshi
A2 - Steenhuis, Harm-Jan
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2019 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, PICMET 2019
Y2 - 25 August 2019 through 29 August 2019
ER -