CC

If the company is ISO certified, try and leverage the requirement of 8.5.2 Corrective action. This is an area where the organization must have a procedure in place. Are they following their own process and procedure.
Additionally, I agree with the intent of earlier posts. Your approach may be seen as adversarial if you are trying to hit them…[Read more]

Joe,
 
could you please send me the list of defct rates for both the actual sigma rating from 1-6 and those defect rates after the 1.5 sigma shift.
 
Also is the 1.5 sigma shift typically one-sided or two-sided?
thanks,
CC

I have been through six sigma training and now have to take the exam via on line.  Looking for a Black belt six sigma tutor.  Any one out there

My experience has been to place the “suggestion form” on a monthly or quarterly newsletter. In the newsletter, you can also inform everyone from the front door to the shop floor on the recent project improvements, upcoming training, and Green Belt/ Black Belt Certifications…
I would caution about asking the employee’s to state how it occurs, or…[Read more]

I will have to assume that you are in the DEFINE phase and looking for specifications.  Upper and lower specifications are always established by the customer.  In the case for healthcare, the customer could be the patient, but it may also be an established standard from a governing body such a JCAHO or IHI.  MI patients may not know they need…[Read more]

Hi Nitin,
Thanks for the reply.
My question is also to understand that whether I should be doing a Run Chart / Control Chart for a Cycle Time Metric which is just a derived metric by subtracting one time from another?? Does this metric actually represent the stability of my process as I want to test for the stability of the process.
Also why…[Read more]