Achieving Competitive Excellence

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March 12, 2008 at 1:43 pm #7843

Dawit
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I used to be an ACE deployement manager since 2005 and have been able to record significant business results, as a result.
ACE is a Pratt version of Six Sigma and I was wondering if anyone had made some analysis comparing the pros and cons of ACE versus Six Sigma or other Improvement initiatives.

March 12, 2008 at 3:45 pm #7845

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can you post some links to this as I’d like to check.Hopefully this is not the British slang version of the word Pratt.Regards,Adam

March 13, 2008 at 5:35 am #7847

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Thank you Adam, for your reply.
The word Pratt refers to Pratt & Whitney – The American and Canadian company known for Aircraft Engine manufacturing.
Dawitb@ethiopianairlines.com

July 9, 2008 at 9:11 pm #7989

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I was interested in a comparison of ACE and Six Sigma as well. I found the following thesis by an MIT business student:
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17898

July 10, 2008 at 8:48 am #7990

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Hi Kurt,
Very informative piece of information.
Hope it would be possible to read the whole content of the thesis report.

Dawit

November 15, 2008 at 8:23 pm #8106

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Kurt,
Dawit for posing this question and Kurt for finding this thesis. I think I have the correct order.
A company I am preparing a strategic plan for is interested in adopting a Six Sigma approach however many manufacturing companies employ a Lean approach. Who would have known of ACE? Six Sigma may be less appropriate than a Lean approach but now there is the ACE approach to consider as well.
There are many “lean” approaches out there and until researching the “Sikorsky Gold Standard” and its requirements, I would not have put 2 + 2 together. With all these acronyms, it is hard to keep it together.
Thank you for shortening research time.
Josephine
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