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In This Issue
Six Sigma Adds Structure to Quality Audit Process
Quality audits are performed to verify the effectiveness of a quality management system. To complete a quality audit effectively, practitioners can use the DMAIC roadmap as an organizational resource. Six Sigma provides the tools to improve the capability and reduce the defects in any process, and quality audits are no exception.
http://www.isixsigma.com/library/content/c091005a.asp
Seven Traitis of a Healthy Control Chart Give your control charts a check-up by downloading Seven Traits of a Healthy Control Chart. This free white paper outlines seven critical attributes of a healthy control chart so that you can be sure your team makes clear, data-based decisions. Download it today to ensure healthy charts for your Six Sigma efforts!
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New Six Sigma Job Openings
Business Improvement Black Belt
Rolls-Royce North America | US-Texas-Fort Worth
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VP, Operational Excellence-Supply Chain Mgmt
Cardinal Health | US-Ohio-Dublin
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Manager-Six Sigma Project Strategy
American Express | US-Connecticut-Stamford
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Global Lean Process Leaders
AstraZeneca | US-Delaware-Delaware
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Senior Project Manager-Black Belt
Calpine Corporation | US-Texas-Houston
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Continuous Improvement Engineer
BD | US-North Carolina-Durham
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Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
LP Building Products | US-Texas-Jasper
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Manager, Internal Audit, Single Family Operations
Fannie Mae | US-DC-Washington
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Management Consultant-LSS Master Black Belt
The Madison Davis Group | US-North Carolina-Charlotte
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Auditor Team Lead, IT
Fannie Mae | US-DC-Washington
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Recent Quality Discussions
Top Reference Books
It seems that when a post is made to this site that many times the response is something like '... more is in ____'s book [Title], pages x through y....' It seems like a wide variety of books are referenced, so one would get a whole library of books accumulated, each used very rarely.
"So my question: Is it possible for say 5 books to be nominated that cover 90% or more of the information needed? If so, which books would they be?
http://www.isixsigma.com/forum/showmessage.asp?messageID=159371
Tracking Work Hours
I have been tasked by my supervisor to figure out how many man-hours are consumed during phases in a project. He wants to know where the real hours are being used. An example would be during the start of a disassembly phase, mechanics are very busy, but once they are done they move on to something else.
"We are doing this for calculating earned value management (EVM). Has anybody out there done a similar study?
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Measures Too Good to Be True?
I review around 30+ mixtures (60+ measures) per day, and it has been about three weeks since a value has not been recorded as in the acceptance range. My suspicions are up -- that I should have had an outlier (outside of the acceptance range) out of the roughly 900+ measures (two measures per mixture, but the different measures seem to be highly correlated). Am I right?
http://www.isixsigma.com/forum/showmessage.asp?messageID=159355
FMEA on its Own
Can FMEA be applied as a standalone tool for process improvement, or it is necessary for FMEA to only be applied through a quality improvement project?
http://www.isixsigma.com/forum/showmessage.asp?messageID=159332
Calculating Turnover
Is there a source or reference point for industry and local standards relating to the turnover ratio caculations?
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The Latest News & Press Releases
- Batesville Casket Wins 2009 U.S. Plant of the Year Thanks to Its Lean Application
- Forrester Releases Lean for Business Research Report
- Quality Shift Pays off for Life Sciences Technology Provider Millipore
- Serica Technologies Names Black Belt Rao Vice President of Advance Manufacturing
- Ontario's Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium Increases Funding for Lean Training
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Upcoming Conferences & Training Events
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Additional conferences & training events:
- Implementing Business Excellence and Innovation Methods - Dubai, United Arab Emirates [Oct 25]
- Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Program - Chennai, India [Oct 26]
- Lean Flow Fundamentals - Texas [Oct 26]
- TRIZ - Colorado [Oct 27]
- Lean Awareness Training - Brighton, United Kingdom [Oct 28]
- Using Minitab to Create & Interpret DOE - Pennsylvania [Oct 28]
- Project Risk Management - California [Oct 31]
- Lean Awareness Program - Chennai, India [Oct 31]
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Program - Chennai, India [Nov 2]
- Black Belt - New York [Nov 2]
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October 14-16, 2009 - Lansdowne, Va.
Join more than 500 Lean Six Sigma and process excellence leaders from across the Department of Defense for the 2009 DoD Breakthrough Convention - Performance.
Hear directly from the Deputy Secretary of Defense and Chief Management Officer, the Honorable William J. Lynn III, as well as Service Secretaries, Deployment Leaders and Transformation Leaders across the branches and agencies.
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