Carl

You can go up as high as your potential and organizational aptitude. MBBs usually go back into a significant business role, such as a segment leader or other P&L management position. But MBBs can also become Six Sigma Leaders, Deployment Leaders of the person responsible for the overall initiative (who usually reports to the CEO). From there, it’s…[Read more]

http://www.isixsigma.com/ebooks/

Ben,
It would be my simple understanding that the big difference would be that 6 sigma quantifies where you are and has a tracking method for stating where you could go.
 
Carl

Hi Todd,
I recently had to write some job descriptions and went to the isixsigma job shop to look through what others were using. It made it quite easy, actually.
The isixsigma job shop is a http://jobs.isixsima.com.
Br,Carl

Check out the dictionary. Copis just reverses the order of the Sipoc, everything else is the same. If you search this site for Sipoc, you’ll find much more information.
 

Thank you for your reply.  We have been defining our processes a little bit, but your point is well taken that we need to have a good idea of what we are doing before we try and improve it.
I will take defining our current processes as a first stage before trying to implement Six Sigma.

There are a couple of formulas listed on the related resources of this sites calculator: http://www.isixsigma.com/sixsigma/six_sigma_calculator.asp
Maybe one will help with what you need.

Good question although this is a little of apples vs oranges…
Short answer:  Goal is 6 sigma for quality measures or “Ys”.  Goal is ~95% confidence (3 sigma) in selecting/rejecting critical “Xs” which affect the Y.
Example:  “6 sigma” or ~3.4 DPMO is often used for comparing a quality measure “Y” versus one or more specification limits.  Con…[Read more]

Two sample T could be used to determine if any two operators have “different” mean call lengths.  This test does require relatively normal data from each operator.
ANOVA could be used to determine if any two or more out of 3+ operators have “different” mean call lengths.  Again, this test requires normal data from each operator and similar v…[Read more]

Hi-
At our company, we have recently started to conduct projects called “scoping projects” to provide project lists of GB and BB projects. 
These projects focus on particular business process and objective (such as improved delivery performance), beginning with a clear statement of objectives and scope.  Typically, a scoping project will s…[Read more]

Adam,
I agree with you that the directors of a company should know how to tie projects and the initiative to the bottom line…and that the initiative should be tied to their bonuses.
I don’t agree with you that they shouldn’t have a more in-depth overview of Six Sigma. In most cases, if they are supports of the process, they will need to “talk…[Read more]

Hi!  Have you considered using a Linearity Study?  The linearity study is used to look at the accuracy of a gage over the scale of process variation.  You need to have a known standard and a process measure for each sample to perform the study.  It does not require a repeatable sample. If you have MiniTab, there are instructions for this study in…[Read more]

Isn’t ISSSP just a front for BMG? Why should I be certified by BMG when they’re not even one of the most prominent six sigma companies? Nothing against them, and I’m sure they’re fine, but no one I personally know in corporate america has used them (to my knowledge). The whole certification idea by a consultant just doesn’t sit well with me, and…[Read more]

hi sirapat,

you may want to take a look at the following thread:
http://www.isixsigma.com/forum/showmessage.asp?messageID=49

i found it useful.

the main difference i see between six sigma and tqm is the emphasis. both are quality methodologies for getting to the end result, but the difference is in the way they do it. tqm has been around for…[Read more]

Hello Eric,

>I can only use statistics to show the current performance and improved performance, which I think is too simple for a six sigma project.

Make sure that you are controlling the process, not the other way around. Some transactional process improvement processes that I have run in the past only required collecting the data and…[Read more]

Hi Andy,

With all do respect to you and everyone, I would be interested in seeing the responses to the answers. If people wouldn’t mind posting, I could use the answers also!

There are a few items posted already. See the post on “elevator speeches”.

Carl

Thanks for the information!

Carl

What do yo mean by “each element of dmaic has a dmaic”?