Reducing the chicken cost with Six Sigma on poultry sector

The developments in science and technology as well as new administration approaches brought the competition in business world to global level. Traditional administration strategies force the enterprises to learn and apply new production and administration approaches to resist against global competition, to be competitive and to be different and being an entrepreneur in their sector. One of the elements of this new administration concept is six sigma approach. Six sigma deals with the quality level of products, services and processes from production to taking orders. The quality level is a numerical value and shows the deviation from zero error in whole process. With the help of six sigma, enterprises measure the quality level and control the desired quality and also see the numerical value of the quality. Hence, key processes are determined and necessary measures can be applied. The objective is to reach out six sigma quality level. Thesis consists of 3 parts and in the first part general information about Six Sigma ,its history , Six Sigma responsibilities and methodology of Six Sigma was given. In the second part the statistical techniques necessary for Six Sigma have been examined with samples. In the third and last part Six Sigma applied a company in the poultry sector for reduce their product cost and mentioned Project detail. Keywords : Six Sigma , Reducing the Cost , Poultry