Six Sigma Round-up

Posted by: meikah | 30 January 2007 | 11:45 pm

Here’s another edition of the Six Sigma Round-up. Let’s see some updates from the other Six Sigma or Quality blogs.

Six Sigma Blog gives the assurance that even a small company can go Six Sigma and will be benefitted by it just as much as a big company. Priya Jestin presented the issues that small companies will be facing and how to overcome them. This is a good encouragement, and with the right attitude and commitment, I believe, too, that a small company can be a Six Sigma organization.

Over at iSixSigma Blogoshpere, Michael Marx shares Colin Powell’s thoughts on leadership. Powell was the keynote speaker at the 8th Annual Six Sigma Summit in Miami, Florida. In his speech, Powell emphasizes that a leader is someone who is receptive of new ideas no matter where those ideas come from in the organization. By listening to everyone, each is encouraged to bring his ideas to management knowing that he will be attended to. I totally agree with this. Being in management does not give you the monopoly of ideas; neither are you the spring of all ideas. As a leader, you motivate and work with everyone to achieve higher goals.

Sanjaya Kumar Saxena of Discover6Sigma discusses the real-life applications of distribution, that is how data elements of a given data set are distributed within its range. Distribution is a very important concept in Six Sigma. It determines the behavior of your normal curve. If your data stays within the standard deviation of 1.5 range/shift, then the deviation is still acceptable. That is why, you need to be able to determine the distribution of your data. Distribution can explain data compression, data reliability, project planning, and quality management. Although the post is old, it’s still an interesting read. You should write more often Sanjaya.

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