Heebeegeebee BB

BTDT,
5?   I have used the 4 resistance typologies for years…
Can you direct me to the five you mentioned?
Thanks,
Heebee

Nice detective work there, skippy…
fortunately, I have never worked for GE/Borg.
Tried to steer you right and you didn’t like the answer.
Tried to clarify and you started the personal insults.
oh, and please make sure that the french fry oil is at the correct temp…
 

uh..ok. 
before you go, here’s one more piece of advice:

Ted,
Go to this link and DL the .pdf:
http://www.quality.nist.gov/Issue_Sheet_Options.htm

You misunderstand what Baldrige and what 6S are.   The two methods are not equivalent/competing entities.   Rather, they are mutually supportive.   Baldrige is an assessment-based tool that looks at your processes and how robust the adherance to your processes are.   6S is a continuous improvement methodology.
You sure you went to the Baldrige…[Read more]

As Chad Stated,
It is a no-holds barred look at the organizational health of your company in terms of process establishment and process adherance.   The report is gold, in terms of BI/CI and can/should be used in ST/LT STRAP creation and update.   In short, it’s an unvarnished/unbiased look at your company from a disinterested 3rd party per…[Read more]

Yes.
Many
Read this: http://www.quality.nist.gov/

Exactly spot on!
I agree 100%

all it indicates is a fundamental shift of your process.   It’s a flag that something changed.   It’s your cue to investigate.

In our Environment, the Waiver/Deviation process is owned/managed by Supply Chain.   The Buyer coordinates input from: Contracts, Quality, Ops, Program Office, Engineering and the Customer.   The process is usually done as a collaborative effort, leveraging data.   Once approved, the Buyer flows the approval both up and down the integrated Supply chain.

I think many of us have hired “this guy”…

The Master Black Belt was asked, “Do you have any openings?”
The Master Black Belt Responded, “That’s funny, i was about to ask you the same thing!”
Both Correspondants turned, heads bowed in saddness, walked out…

The Master Black belt was walking towards a meeting room, when he came across a BB Candidate, gazing intently at a Capability Six-Pack on his monitor
“Candidate, what are you doing?”
The BB Candidate responded, “I’m trying really hard to understand the very nature of the chart. -Why?”
The Master held his notepad up like a mirror and began to…[Read more]

Only if you are able to demonstrate actual, real-world, bottom-line results in terms of: Cost/Quality/Delivery.   These results should be couched in actual completed and verifiable projects.
If not, the cert will be so much paper on the wall and alone, wwon’t open any doors.

Be crafty and put your mad minitab skills to use and develop data analyses to accentuate your PHB’s dysfunctional tendencies.  
A tactically-minded sprinkling of damning data across internal Leaders might just do the trick.   For instance:   You make the PHB aware of a situation that is costing the compnay big-dollah, and you propose a project t…[Read more]

Roughly:
2 Sigma shifted is 308,000 DPMO
4 Sigma shifted is 6,210 DPMO

I’d love to see a scanned version of that!
Can you swing it?

That is a real loss.
-A true Pioneer, who will be missed.

The answer to your question about life, the Universe and everything is:
42.

Start your journey here:
http://www.isixsigma.com/st/data/