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Process Improvement: A Process Owner's Dilemma
By following a Lean Six Sigma framework, process owners can use its tools on a path to process excellence that blends greater control with improved technology in order to meet the challenge of increasing efficiency and staying profitable. Read the full article. May 12, 2008
Use Point System for Better Six Sigma Project Selection
For early projects, it may be best to play it safe. By selecting projects using a point system, practitioners can move forward with the best options for their experience level and the ones most likely to help the Six Sigma effort in the long run. Read the full article. May 8, 2008
DMAIC Phases Mesh with Project Risk Management
Efficiency in projects comes from effective risk management. Using an example from a telecom supplier, it is possible to see how Six Sigma's DMAIC methodology can be applied in tandem with the six steps of project risk management. Read the full article. May 5, 2008
5 Six Sigma Deployment Mistakes - And How To Avoid Them
Six Sigma deployments across the globe have created a wealth of both success stories and important lessons about the challenges that can arise during the process. Deployment teams should learn from these lessons and steer clear of others' mistakes. Read the full article. April 14, 2008
Corporate Ethnography: A Way to Gather VOC
In many Six Sigma projects, practitioners use traditional voice-of-the-customer techniques to find the specifications clients seek. But to get the full picture, they should also try a set of data-gathering methods known as corporate ethnography. Read the full article. March 24, 2008
Improved Forecasting with Moving Averages and Z-Scores
For short-term forecasting, Black Belts can benefit from analyzing moving average plots and looking for special causes of variation. When making long-term forecasts, a method that uses a normal curve and Z-scores may be the better bet. Read the full article. March 3, 2008
Using the Five W's and One H Approach to Six Sigma
5W1H (who, what, where, when, why, how) is a method of asking questions about a process or a problem taken up for improvement. 5W1H of Six Sigma explains the approach to be followed for understanding and analyzing the process, project or problem. Read the full article. February 11, 2008
Making SCOR Model More Effective with Lean Six Sigma
Many Six Sigma practitioners have asked how the Supply-Chain Operations Reference model, or SCOR®, relate to Six Sigma and Lean. However, perhaps a more relevant question should be, "How can Six Sigma and Lean make a SCOR model more effective?" Read the full article. January 21, 2008
