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Tag Archives: Six sigma
Agility vs. Six Sigma
My response to the agilemanagement list: I agree with David Anderson [the broken link was removed], in this thread [this broken link was also removed], as well as pretty much everything else actually. If I understand his writing correctly I … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Management, Process improvement, Six sigma
Tagged agile management, Six sigma, Software Development
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Lean and Six Sigma in India BPO
Via Panta Rei, Business Process Outsourcing, Meet Value Engineering [the broken link was removed], Measure for Measure [the broken link was removed] Dedicated Six Sigma, Lean and Reengineering teams continuously spot and improve processes for Genpact as well as its … Continue reading
Selecting Six Sigma Black Belts
A Question of Balance by Jim Bossert and Larry Krynski, Quality Digest. The articles explores attributes needed by black belts: personal, technical ability, training, experience, aptitude and culture. “This article examines “each attribute to see how it contributes to selecting … Continue reading
Six Sigma Government for Liberia?
Using Six Sigma to Reinvigorate Public Corporations by Andre Pope There must be a national policy that spells out the performance metrics for public corporations. The NPCC will then be charged to evaluate the performance of each public corporation on … Continue reading
Six Sigma Hospitality
The Six Sigma Syndrome [the broken link was removed] by Saurabh Jaggi Starwood has run over 3000 projects worldwide to date in areas such as productivity, menu re-design, resort concierge, email marketing and launching a worldwide sales initiative. Another of … Continue reading
Management Improvement Flavors
Lean Manufacturing Visionary Jim Womack On Frontiers Of Lean Thinking [broken link has been removed], webcast and additional questions and answers: Question: For a firm seeking to improve — what comes first? Six Sigma quality or lean implementation? James Womack: … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Lean thinking, Management, Popular, quote, Six sigma, Toyota Production System (TPS)
Tagged curiouscat, Deming, John Hunter, Lean thinking, management, management history, Six sigma, TQM
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Eight Essential Tools for Six Sigma
Eight Essential Tools (link broken, so I removed the link) by Ron Snee, Quality Progress: In my experience, eight tools are used most frequently in Six Sigma projects – all eight use statistical thinking and methods. The tools are: process … Continue reading
Shackled by Bad Six Sigma?
Shackled by Bad Six Sigma? [the broken link was removed] by Fred Mullavey, Quality Digest: Technical experts, customers and suppliers–both internal and external–all need to be involved, regardless of their department or discipline. When boundaries aren’t crossed in this manner, … Continue reading
Box on Quality
Dr. George Box is not as well known in the general management community as his ideas merit (in my biased opinion – photo of Bill Hunter and George Box). He is well know in the statistics field as one of … Continue reading
Statistical Techniques for Quality
A new book, Quality Engineering Applications of Statistical Design, by T. N. Goh [the broken link was removed], was recently published by Wiley. Links to three previous articles by the author are provided below. Improving on the Six Sigma Paradigm … Continue reading