Will the Six Sigma business strategy work for you? Read more about this method that strives to reduce defects and improve quality. Whether you’re a newbie or a black belt, you’re sure to learn something from Bright Hub PMs collection of articles, tips and templates. Learn the different ways you can use Six Sigma to benefit your own company.
This article’s retelling of the Six Sigma history brings the readers back to a time when its principles were simply meant to control the causes of variables in the earliest inventions. Find out how one man’s statistical analysis evolved into becoming a set of business tools and methodologies.
Looking to find ways to improve customer satisfaction and quality if you’re in the service industry? If so, why not use a Kano analysis? Find out here how to use this customer needs/wants/desires model developed by quality expert Dr. Noriaki Kano. Jean Scheid explains the Kano Model.
Six Sigma metrics are use in order to improve an operation’s effectiveness. These metrics also help to improve the quality of its business management strategies. Learn the five key phases of a Six Sigma project with an example of how they are carried out in a real company.
Getting customers to talk to you as a business can be challenging, especially since most customers seem ready to talk to other people about their experiences they have had with a company (especially the bad ones). Here are some tips for designing a voice of customer program works to change that.
The quality of the product or the process determines the business success. Applying Six Sigma metrics to the processes helps a great deal to ensure the quality of the overall business. Read on to learn more on this topic.
No matter what industry you’re in, what are the costs to develop Six Sigma training for your organization? Some say, it’s not the costs you should consider, but the benefits. Jean Scheid offers up some realities.
Is it difficult to obtain a Green Belt certification in Six Sigma? Where does one find classes on the Six Sigma Methodology? If these questions are on your mind, you probably want to also know, how hard is Green Belt certification? Jean Scheid looks at some options.
Six Sigma is a quality management approach that seeks to eliminate variability in the process or output, and the Six Sigma baseline is the state of variability at the start of the Six Sigma intervention. Read on for more information on the Six Sigma baseline.
A Six Sigma Black Belt job description typically lists the roles and responsibilities required of a business professional who works on process improvement projects using Six Sigma, a quality management system developed by Motorola in the 1980s.
Six Sigma is a systematic change management methodology that aims to eliminate variability and waste and thereby improve operational performance and product quality. Read on for an overview of the six sigma approach.
The need to stifle competition by providing customers with better value for their money has made businesses to look for innovative tools that add product quality and bring about process efficiency. Lean Six Sigma ranks as a powerful tool in this direction. Learn about the focus of lean six sigma.
Comparison Lean and Six Sigma reveal both as change initiatives aimed at reducing or eliminating waste. So what is the difference? Read on to find out the difference between Lean and Six Sigma.
Considering getting a Six Sigma yellow belt certificate? The yellow belt requirements for Six Sigma show that you understand the basic methodologies and instructions in order to help consumers.
Organizations implementing lean six sigma management methodologies seek to eliminate waste while creating value. Instead of taking just cost-cutting measures, managers focus on providing what customers really want.
If your management style includes utilizing Six Sigma, how valuable is it for your teams to be trained in Six Sigma? What’s the truth about Six Sigma training and does having a certification mean your staff knows what’s expected of them in a Six Sigma project? Read on to find out.
Lean Six Sigma methodology lends itself to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of transaction-heavy processes within the finance organization, such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, and procurements. This methodology is no longer seen as just a way to improve operational function.
Design for Six Sigma is an effective strategy to ensure a seamless and successful product launch. This article describes the successful implementation of a Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) sample project in Lean Six Sigma.
Many corporations which have used DFSS for a long period of time such as GE have now further remodeled their processes and rebuilt their new product on the basis of Design for Six Sigma. Learn about the steps followed by these companies which gives them such competitive advantage over others.
Genichi Taguchi pioneered methods that would statistically improve manufacturing processes with the end result being an improvement in product quality. Since its inception, Taguchi methodology has been adopted for use in engineering, biotech, advertising, and a variety of other business roles.
What are the costs of poor quality? The conventional view points to losses to rework or scraping products made outside specifications. Taguchi Loss Function explains that the implications of poor quality run deeper and include social costs, and that such costs are a function of quality standards.