It’s that time again when SixSig goes ’round the cyberhighway and gather news about Six Sigma and other quality management methodologies.
For this week, learn from the following blogs, bloggers, and news agencies:
Jeff Dalton of Ask the CMMI Appraiser blog answers your question about incorporating Six Sigma and CMMI. He says, “Six Sigma is a set of methods for gathering, analyzing, and acting on information derived from statistal analysis of performance data. The CMMI is a process model. The two CAN co-exist with one another.”
Ron Pereira of Lean Six Sigma Academy, is in Japan observing how the Japanese do things and achieve results. He was sharing what he observed and learned from a company called HOKS. Among the revelations are: the company implements 3S instead of 5S, had 62,000 Kaizen activities, management’s focus in results, and its struggle with employees who also didn’t welcome change. From Ron’s account on information overload, I can see that HOKS makes for an interesting study.
Mike Wroblewski of Got Boondoggle? also shared his experience with HOKS. Mike focused on the 3S and how it is achieving significant results for the company. From management to employees, everyone comes in for work earlier than scheduled to do the 3S. Like, Mike, I like this slogan, too: “If I change, our company will change!” Great words of wisdom on organizational change, indeed!
Stephen Gill of The Performance Improvement blog shares about how the health systems need a strategy to carry out their processes well. One particular critical process is dispensing medicines. He gives Duke University Hospital as an example of a company that implements Six Sigma to control quality and reduce errors.
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