Howard
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Howard replied to the topic Taguchi in the forum General 14 years, 10 months ago
Ok, what is the difference between the Taguchi methods and Six Sigma methods?
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Howard replied to the topic Is Six Sigma a Fad? in the forum General 14 years, 10 months ago
Too bad you didn’t get a % of the $ saved
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Howard replied to the topic Production counter MSA. in the forum General 18 years, 9 months ago
I’m not sue what you mean by a weight count.
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Howard replied to the topic Where to begin? in the forum General 19 years, 1 month ago
I tried putting myself in you shoes as I read your message. It seems the problems is restriction. But, random and moving problems that cause restrictions at various points in the process, day by day.
It sounds like the kind of moving target and wandering restrictions introduced by equipment unscheduled maintenance downtime. What percentage ma…[Read more] -
Howard replied to the topic Six Sigma Payroll in the forum General 19 years, 11 months ago
I had a project on compensation plan design of an acquired Asian company in order to drive bottom-line improvement (Define).
I collected salary info & sales/margins per sales rep (Measure).
I carried out regression analysis on compensation paid (Y) with sales (X1) & margins (X2) performance, and found that there was low positive c…[Read more] -
Howard replied to the topic The six sigma procedure in the forum General 19 years, 11 months ago
I think the SIXTH step can be … Institutionalize
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Howard replied to the topic Failed Six Sigma Deployments in the forum General 19 years, 11 months ago
I got a couple of thoughts if 6S is incorrectly executed …
* quality projects don’t tie to companies’ initiatives … strategically ineffective
* many process/business metrics … loss of focus for process/product mgt
* people only focus on their own areas to define the scope of quality projects. It may be easier for project compl…[Read more] -
Howard replied to the topic Six Sigma as a communication bridge in the forum General 19 years, 11 months ago
Kathryne,
I don’t have any practical experience on how to bridge IT to different functions. But I read some articles relating to Habermas on social evolution … that may help you to understand the mechanism to drive the change. I’ve used Habermas’ model as conceptual framework on six sigma implementation in service operation division in o…[Read more] -
Howard replied to the topic Six Sigma in Acquistions in the forum General 19 years, 11 months ago
Todd,
I suggest that you can look at two areas first …
* Integration framework … you can read “Making the Deal Real – How GE Capital Integrates Acquisitions” from HBS (Jan/Feb 1998). It’s an interesting article to give you rough ideas about post-acquisition integration by GEC.
* CTQs … Execution CTQs (common to all integrations & ca…[Read more] -
Howard replied to the topic Investment process in the forum General 19 years, 11 months ago
Dev,
I’m not familiar with VC, but I’d like to list out some potential CTQs for brainstorming …
Selection: Clarity of strategy (specialization … industrial or geographical), Increase in quality & quantity of funnel, External awareness to your Firm, Professional conduct, etc.
Valuation: Timeliness in DD & deal closure, Investment rate o…[Read more] -
Howard replied to the topic Investment process in the forum Finance 19 years, 11 months ago
Dev,
I’m not familiar with VC, but I’d like to list out some potential CTQs for brainstorming …
Selection: Clarity of strategy (specialization … industrial or geographical), Increase in quality & quantity of funnel, External awareness to your Firm, Professional conduct, etc.
Valuation: Timeliness in DD & deal closure, Investment rate o…[Read more] -
Howard replied to the topic Six Sigma in Acquistions in the forum General 19 years, 11 months ago
Todd,
What’s the scope of your project? Deal review process or post-acquisition integration framework?