A Study on challenges in implementation of Six Sigma in Farmer Producing companies.

This is a pilot study which tries to investigate the reliability of a subscale of the questionnaire. The other purpose of the study is to identify the factors affecting the perception of Famer Producing Companies (FPCs) regarding Six Sigma implementation in farming. Further the study also aims to investigate if there exists any significant relationship between such factors and perceived challenges in implementation of Six Sigma in farming. A structured questionnaire was developed and used for data collection. Total 20 FPCs were requested for the responses. All FPCs agreed and gave their responses. The study found that perception of challenges in implementation of Six Sigma vary among FPCs having different size of land. Further such perception also changes significantly among FPCs according to services availed from external agencies. Limitations and scope for future studies are discussed in the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]