Furneaux

Thanks again for all the inputs.  I do wish, however, that the bickering and name calling wouldn’t take place in this forum.  I do enjoy healthy debate but when it gets personal, all potential value is lost.  Please know that A LOT of people read these posts.  Many of them, like me, are trying to get more educated in the various disciplines we a…[Read more]

THANKS so very much for all the great comments.  I should have elaborated more on the working climate and the overall environment.  I implemented a quality control slip program two years ago in which operators write down problems they encountered throughout the shift.  Please note, these problems were “small stones” but problems.  To date, we hav…[Read more]

Thanks — can you share any insights around why you recommend this approach?  What are the advantages of centralized (and what are the disadvantages of decentralized)?

4 sigma – 1.33
5 sigma – 1.66
6 sigma – 2
 
hope that helps…

Performance isn’t important to six sigma companies and consultancies – that’s why they don’t perform.

You obviously have no idea what rational subgrouping is.Forget crappy SS texts.  Read Wheeler, “Advanced Topics in SPC” for the facts.

“halv-robust” ?? !! 
What school of six sigma idiocy did you go to ?

Ask to see the receipt from where he bought it  … OR …
Ask what brand of breakfast cereal he found it in.

Yes Phil, wake up !!! Open up your mind to all the things that six sigma can bring you … you too can have floating and drifting processes … you too can donate millions to the SS Academy … you too can go down the tubes like Ford, GM and all the others even Dilbert knows about !!!  Wake up !!!!!!  You haven’t lived till you’re in the disa…[Read more]

Most projects take between 3-6 months, but 2.5 months is good for a first project, it means it was well-scoped.

The best course is George Group–they invented Lean Six Sigma.  ASQ is decent.  The rest stink.

 
Hi Niraj & all,
need your kind help in sharing your experience. [email protected]
 
Warmest Regards,
Will

simplify the ratio 2m:1.5m =?

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A good website is http://www.businessballs.com.  It offers teambuilding exercises as well as mental exercises designed to assist with brainstorming.

Julie,
Coming from a culture that values performance of employees, I think what you have suggested is excellent. I am going to incorporate a couple of ideas into our performance appraisals today, and I really appreciate you taking the time to post your thoughts.
Will

Do you mean IQPC?