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Six Sigma in Action Ticket Accuracy

Customer Profile 41,000 employee pharmaceutical research company

Business Problem & Impact


The customer estimated error rate of 40% in the accuracy of tickets logged into the clients in-house help desk was causing 80 person-hours of time per month to correct.
Proportion defects
0.7 0.6 0.5

P C ha rt Before Process Capability fo r C 3

3.0S L

Measure & Analyze


Data Collection: Accuracy of logged calls was measured existing sigma (long term) was found to be 0.5 (31% defects) Root Causes: Lack of operational definitions of the calls, differences in agent interpretation, too many options for classifying tickets and the accuracy of supporting databases were identified as root causes.

0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0 10 20 -3.0S

P = 0.3

Improve & Control

Existing databases that feed the ticket system were corrected and maintenance controls were established. The number of fields that client help desk staff had to select from was reduced, and operation definitions were clarified and published. Sigma was increased to 2.8 and defects were reduced by 69%.

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Results/Benefits
As a result of the project, the customer saved over US$26K in productivity since less time was needed to correct ticket errors within their process.

A savings of US$26K annual to the customer!

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