| dc.description.abstract | The economic prosperity created by Taiwan & Japan from 1970s to 1990s is generally thought as a miracle and as a result has caused a torrent of research & imitation around the world. At present, more than 1000 companies in Taiwan are affiliated with Japanese companies through direct investments, joint ventures, or technological cooperation. Without doubt, most of these companies model their operational models after their Japanese parent companies, Some of these models include TQM（Total Quality Management, which is used to enhance the quality of products）, TPM（Total Preventive Maintenance or Total Productive Maintenance, which is aimed to reduce the rate of deficiency of manufacturing equipment and increase the rate of productivity of equipment）, and TP management（Total Productivity, which is adopted to upgrade the work efficiency of the operators）, are widely known to have contributed immensely to the enhancement of the competitiveness of Japanese enterprises in Taiwan.
In recent years, a new trend of “6 Sigma” originated from European and American enterprises has become the mainstream managerial concept throughout the world. Many enterprises are now immersed in the ＂ 6 Sigma ＂ current. Without doubt, this trend now sweeps through the east as well. Consequently, Japanese enterprises also begin to adopt this new idea to further increase their competitive ability with the so-called ＂6 Sigma management＂. Facing the environmental challenges, Taiwanese companies, with the help of their Japanese mother companies, are also actively ushering in the＂ 6 Sigma management＂ concept to their operations to keep up with the trend.
This research is aimed at integrating the ＂6 Sigma management mode＂ with the current TQM, TPM and TP systems so that the overall competitiveness and efficiency of Taiwanese companies can be drastically increased. | en_US |