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Bruce J. Hayes changed their profile picture 6 years, 1 month ago
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Bruce J. Hayes changed their profile picture 6 years, 1 month ago
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Bruce J. Hayes changed their profile picture 6 years, 1 month ago
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Bruce J. Hayes wrote a new post, Activities vs. Performance: Improvement, Common Sense 9 years ago
Most organizations have a strong bias toward planning, managing and executing a multitude of supposedly value-added activities hoping that these (often isolated) activities will yield significant results. In rare […] -
Bruce J. Hayes wrote a new post, Activities vs. Performance: The Procedure/Audit Dilemma 9 years ago
This article, a second in a series exploring how to organize activities, determines their value add, and leverages them for performance, examines the characteristics, impacts and organizational traits related to […]
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Bruce J. Hayes wrote a new post, Assessing for Lean Six Sigma Implementation and Success 9 years, 1 month ago
Successful corporate initiatives such as Lean Six Sigma require proper planning, prioritization, resource allocation, budgeting, training, and proper review and reward mechanics. These initiatives also must […] -
Bruce J. Hayes wrote a new post, A Unique Roadmap to Guide Lean Six Sigma Champions 9 years, 1 month ago
Most organizations have DMAIC and DFSS roadmaps to guide Black Belt and Green Belt projects. But what guides their Champions? Most Champions are busy people, often managers or executives with multiple and diverse […]
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Bruce J. Hayes changed their profile picture 9 years, 3 months ago
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Bruce J. Hayes wrote a new post, Six Sigma Critical Success Factors 9 years, 3 months ago
“You can’t manage what you can’t measure.”This axiom, while intuitive for most managers and business professionals, is often not applied to the Six Sigma management process itself. For Six Sigma or any other […]
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Bruce J. Hayes changed their profile picture 9 years, 3 months ago
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Bruce Hayes wrote a new post, Using DFSS to Improve Offshore Outsourcing Efficiency 9 years, 3 months ago
During the last several years, there has been a tremendous amount of discussion relating to the offshore outsourcing of software development work to achieve significant cost reductions. This has been an emerging […]
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Bruce J. Hayes wrote a new post, What CIOs and CTOs Need to Know About Lean Six Sigma 11 years, 1 month ago
CIOs and CTOs are faced with a plethora of issues ranging from corporate realignment to growth to shrinking budgets. Many have heard about Lean Six Sigma but given their busy state of mind, it is difficult for […]
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Bruce J. Hayes replied to the topic Safety Committe in the forum General 11 years, 2 months ago
Carlos,
You might want to take a more holistic view of the safety to program to take it ot the next level. Ultimately the behaviors of the employees towards the committee, the program and the policies will ultimately determine success, failure and the best way to run the committee (and the program) going forward.
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Bruce J. Hayes replied to the topic SIx Sigma project for Web 2.0 Networking Platform in the forum Software/IT 12 years, 8 months ago
As most of us know, Project Selection is a key critical success factor. Getting both scope and importance right, is key. Suggest you meet with some of the senior leaders of your organization and ask what are some key area’s of “pain” for the organization. Try to get them to articulate these in quantitative terms (i.e. cost, defects, cycle time,…[Read more]
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Bruce J. Hayes replied to the topic Global 8D vs. DMAIC in the forum Software/IT 16 years, 6 months ago
When I worked at Motorola (1978 – 1998) Ford was one of our biggest customers. Obviously, Six Sigma was our primary problem solving methodology. For many reasons we were required to reconcile Six Sigma and 8D as a major supplier to Ford. While 8D is a very focused and usually effective problem solving tool (once a problem area is identified to…[Read more]
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Bruce J. Hayes replied to the topic DMADV Project in the forum Finance 16 years, 7 months ago
DEFINE : Charter, Kano Planning, Context and Needs Data, KJ’s, Affinity Diagrams, CTQ Trees, Use Cases, Surveys, Discussion Guides, Process Maps
MEASURE: Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP); Conjoint Analysis, Kano analysis, CTQ Y to X Tree, MSA, QFD (phase1), Data Collection Plan, Trend Charts.
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Bruce J. Hayes replied to the topic Training Material in the forum General 16 years, 10 months ago
What to pay or not to pay for a license fee consists of a lot of variables. For example, how many people you intend to train. How large is your organization. Basic DMAIC or combined with DFSS? BB, GB, YB or all of the above? Specialized versions for MFG., Technology, Transactional, etc.? The quality of the materials is also an important co…[Read more]
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Bruce J. Hayes replied to the topic Outsourcing Failures and Six Sigma in the forum Software/IT 17 years, 3 months ago
Hi, there is a brief description of Kano on this site if you go to the “Tools and Templates” item under “Quality Directory” in the left hand navigation bar. KJ is not here. I will see about having it added for future reference. KJ are the initials of a Japanese anthropologist named Jiro Kwawkita. This tool helps teams to construct insight into t…[Read more]
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Bruce J. Hayes replied to the topic Continuos Improvement Programme in the forum Software/IT 17 years, 5 months ago
There are several companies which provide products and services in this area. They all have slightly different capabilities and most advertise on this site or the iSixSigma main site. I would recomend you check these out. They include Instantis (SiteWand), BMG (ProjX), Minitab (Quality Companion), and Power Steering to mention a few. Feel free to…[Read more]
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