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Dear RD,
I agree to all the points mentioned by you. People who understand benchmarking will come out with superior ways to make the total process a success, instead finding out faults in it. In clear language, benchmarking is mainly to set a “Stretched Target”, a “Time”  frame – speed at which the things are to be moved and all these things pr…[Read more]

Quality is a set of mind, a devoted, dedicated, committed rigorous practice which when accepted, implemented and sustained thorughout the organization and that too whole heartedly becomes a culture.
Lean, which I see as a subset of TPS( Toyota Production Systems), is all about the culture building steps. Any organization, let it be of any size,…[Read more]

Lean is considered to be “Proactive” approach and Six sigma is “Reactive” approach. The basic philosophy of Lean is to develop a robust culture to eliminate the basic seven types of wastes (Defct, Over production, Transportation, Waiting time, Inventory, Motion and Processing), which hence manya times starts with Value Stream Mapping to create the…[Read more]

Dear Anon,
I agree to all the points mentioend by Mr George. Pl. find few more for your use,
1. While making the current state of mapping in preparing the value stream map, pl. go in the reverse direction of the process flow. all including the information flow has to be mentioned upto the supplier end.
2. After making the current state, then…[Read more]

Dear All,
Whether SS is dying or dead, but all these methods have some or other type of good points that should be followed for the benefit of the organization. It is for sure the SS approach will slowly loose it’s lustre, which is time taking (is slow) in present situation of customers looking for fast response. That is where the  Japanese…[Read more]

Dear Fidel,
I very much agree with Mr Simon and just to add few more lines:
Since Lean is all about elimination of wastes in the processes, is mainly related to SPEED and Six Sigma is reduction of defects in business processes, is mainly related to ACCURACY. Hence, if both the things are carried out simultaneously will prove to be more fruitful…[Read more]

Both the approaches follow Process Approach (the PDCA approach). ISO is talking about “minimum requirement” and Six Sigma is talking about defect reduction (CTQs) in any business process following a systematic management approach. But, systematically practiced, ISO clauses also talks about the same philosophy. It depends upon the organization as…[Read more]

Six Sigma follows a ‘Process Approach” to tackle the business process problems. The Japanese have been using the “Process Approach” from the beginning, the “PDCA” cycle. Six Sigma too follows the “PDCA” cycle. Japanese give more stress to Planning and Sustainability stages. Whereas, the Six Sigma approach gives least preference to Sustainability…[Read more]

Dear all,
I may be wrong but have noticed one thing that, including OMNEX, all are making money in six sigma business. Can some body prove that, OMNEX has  done a very great job in six sigma deployment in Chennai/India? 
 
 

Dear Mr Ravi,
Both Lean and Six Sigma have two different meanings. Lean is mainly for “Elimination of Wastes” and is talking about “Speed” in any business process, whereas Six Sigma talks about “Accuracy” with reduction of defects in any business process. Both follow different approaches. Six Sigma on Lean projects are some what which I could not…[Read more]

Hi, Marlon,
As far as what i know or understood, TPS was first started from Toyota production plant and best known for it’s lean manufacturing concept. Toyato has used it very effectively and achieve major sucess in lean manufacturing. According to author of ‘Kanban-Just in Time at Toyota’, Toyota achieved great sucess in 70’s when the company…[Read more]

Hi Andrea,
I’m guessing your supplier has sent you data from an Isoplot. The Isoplot is a techniques populaised by Dorian Shainin. The Isoplot is a simple method of determining measurement system repeatability and operator reproducability. The same 30 samples are measured twice (in a randomised order) and plotted on an X-Y graph as trial 1 vs t…[Read more]

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