Mind your Ps to achieve Q.
It’s not really a formula in the sense that no relationship has been shown in the equation. But it’s a sound advice for those who plan of going into Six Sigma deployment.
Bryan Carey, EVP of DeLeeuw Associates, LLC, writing for iSixSigma recommends that before you deploy Six Sigma, you need to mind your Ps first to get your Q. The Ps are can either be the Push approach or the Pull approach, and then what’s the Position of your company in the learning curve.
Remember that not all companies or processes are ready and receptive of Six Sigma of Lean Six Sigma. Thus, it’s important that you know where your company lies in the learning curve. This is when the Push or Pull approach comes in. You pull out if the company is not ready, and you push (go through with the deployment) if the company is ready.
After determining the Position, and whether to do a Push or Pull approach, you are now ready to achieve your Q. The Q stand for Quality. Carey puts it quite well when he says:
…the company must meet the expectations and requirements internally, before it can deliver the right answers externally. To do that, the organization needs to mind its Ps (understand its Position on the curve, Push or Pull) to get the Q (Quality).
