• Yatin J. Damor
• Hemant R. Thakkar

Indian industries need overall operational excellence in today’s era of global competitiveness. Especially, the basic manufacturing sectors such as foundries and other metalworking/forming industries need breakthrough improvements in quality as well as in productivity. Metal casting industries are actively involved to reduce the scrap rejection and rework during the manufacturing process of the components. To achieve this, the production concerns must follow the quality control procedures correctly and perfectly without any negligence. Timely implementation of the modified techniques based on the quality control research is a must to avoid defects in the products. Six Sigma is one of the most effective breakthrough improvement strategies having direct impact on operational excellence of an organisation. It addresses efficiency and effectiveness of the industry thus improving quality and productivity, both simultaneously. In this review paper, some of the solutions and quality control aspects are explained in a simplified manner to eliminate the unawareness of the foundry industrial personnel who work in the casting manufacturing quality control departments. This paper also explains phase wiz application of define–measure–analyse improve–control methodology and ultimately shows how breakthrough improvement can be brought in quality and productivity in a foundry industry.

Quality, Productivity, Six sigma, DMAIC, foundry industry.

"A Literature review on Quality and Productivity Improvement in foundry industry", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 7, page no.827-829, December-2014, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1407046.pdf

"A Literature review on Quality and Productivity Improvement in foundry industry", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.1, Issue 7, page no. pp827-829, December-2014, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1407046.pdf