The SixSig Roundup
Posted by: meikah | 8 February 2010 | 7:54 pm
It’s time again for some link-loving and see what other blogs are saying about Six Sigma, Lean, Lean Six Sigma and other quality improvement processes.
The Business Organizational blog says that Six Sigma is important in business because it takes values much higher than other techniques to improve quality, such as TQM. Read on…
Over at Sigma blog, there is a good discussion about Six Sigma assessment. The assessment of Six Sigma is necessary, especially if new attempts by companies to improve the plans show that the trip will belong and difficult. Read on…
Recruitment blog discusses Six Sigma projects in the Human Resources department. The article says that the HR department is suited for Six Sigma projects: on implementation of a project in the HR activities and the involvement of the HR department in carrying out some of the activities in the execution of Six Sigma project at the organizational level. Read on…
Pharma Business Intelligence blog asks this question about what is happening at Toyota these days: did Six Sigma fail or did people fail? The article is saying that processes don’t produce results, people do. It takes people to engage in a process – for better or for worse – to produce something. Read on…
The Scratching Post blog features a Lean Six Sigma movie. It is about convincing management to go into Lean Six Sigma. It’s an interesting one, actually. View the movie here.
Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, Human Resource, Six Sigma, Business Improvement
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iSixSigma Lists the Most Successful Lean Six Sigma Programs and Largest-Breakthrough Improvement Projects
Posted by: meikah | 3 February 2010 | 8:41 pm
In a press release, iSixSigma congratulates the winner of the Most Successful Lean Six Sigma Programs and Largest-Breakthrough Improvement Projects.
They are:
Most Successful Lean Six Sigma Start-up Program
Winner: EMCON Technologies
Finalists: Akron Children’s Hospital; Erie County Government of New York State; U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) G-3/5/7 Distributed Learning DirectorateMost Successful Re-energized Lean Six Sigma Program
Winner: Hertel
Finalist: Department of the Army, Program Executive Office (PEO), Missiles and SpaceLargest-Breakthrough Improvement Projects
Customer Service Winner: Sutherland Global Services – “Reduction of Critical Error Rate”
Finalists: Betfair; Sutherland Global Services; U.S. Army Test and Evaluation CommandSupply Chain Winner: Vought Aircraft Industries – “C-17 Lead Time Reduction”
Finalists: General Electric Co., ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
Transactional Winner: Sutherland Global Services – “Reduction in Abandonment Rate %”
Finalists: Sutherland Global Services; Syntel Inc.
Manufacturing Honorable Mention: U.S. Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center – “Submarine Valve Regulated Lead Acid Battery DMAIC Project”
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Achieving ROI with Lean Six Sigma
Posted by: meikah | 1 February 2010 | 7:48 pm
Six Sigma Zone shares a presentation by Abbott on how the company achieved a return of investment (ROI) through Lean Six Sigma.
One of the insights in the presentation is:
For most production operations, only a small fraction of the total time and effort actually adds value for the end customer.
By clearly defining “value” for a specific product or service from the end customer’s perspective, all the non-value activities — or waste — can be targeted for removal step by step.
Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma, ROI, Abbott Labs
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Airport Security is Lean Six Sigma Based
Posted by: meikah | 27 January 2010 | 8:35 pm
According to the results of a survey conducted by the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) 63 percent of the respondents (44 companies representing an aggregate $400 million in annual travel expenditures) indicated that they expected to spend either the same or more on business travel in 2010.
Because of this, airport security is tightened by introducing full-body, three-dimensional scanners to detect hidden weapons or explosive. This may make checking in a bit time consuming, but Canada airport management will see to it that no bottlenecks will happen, and operations won’t be affected as cumbersome day-to-day processes are being streamlined.
It’s interesting to note that ACTE Canada will be hosting an education forum in Toronto on March 9th which will highlight the principles of Lean Six Sigma as one strategy to improve business processes and improve quality.
*Photo from Stock.Xchng
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Webcast: ‘Lean Six Sigma Beyond Process Maps - Delving into the Cultural Impacts’
Posted by: meikah | 26 January 2010 | 9:10 pm
PowerSteering Software will host a new free webcast titled Lean Six Sigma Beyond Process Maps. This will be presented by James Pearson, EMC’s former VP of Lean Six Sigma and past recipient of WBCF’s VP Six Sigma Leader of the Year honor.
Participants of the webcast will learn the following:
- Secure top-down executive support
- Assess the cultural consequences across the employee base
- Commit to continuous review and improvement
- Recognize the central role of the system on Lean Six Sigma results
- Obtain and maintain executive visibility of the program
Schedule: Tuesday, February 9 at 11:30 a.m. (EST)
Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, Processes, Six Sigma, Process Maps
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Diebold’s 4PL Model Is Founded on Lean Six Sigma
Posted by: meikah | 13 January 2010 | 8:20 pm
Diebold, offering a comprehensive line of self-service, security and service solutions, started with a Smart Business 200 program in 2006. With the demands of the market getting more competitive, the company knew that they had to improve the system regularly.
Thus, Diebold embarked on another continuous improvement program. This time they got outside help and brought in a fourth-party logistics provider (4PL), Menlo Logistics, to do a full supply chain assessment. The full story is here.
What is going to be noticeable about Diebold’s continuous improvement effort is that Menlo Logistics is founded on Lean Six Sigma.
“One of Menlo’s strengths is their continuous practice of Lean/Six Sigma methodology,” says Paul Dougherty (strategic procurement manager in Diebold’s global procurement organization). Menlo has hosted several Diebold workshops concentrating on strategy design, value stream mapping, and Kaizen events.
“The same Lean principles applied to core logistics functions have been applied on the manufacturing side of the house as well,” he says.
Filed under: Services, Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma, Menlo Logistics
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What CIOs and CTOs Need to Know About Lean Six Sigma
Posted by: meikah | 11 January 2010 | 10:34 pm
During this economic downturn, CIOs and CTOs have been kept busy. Only a few found value in going Lean or Six Sigma to help them cope with shrinking budgets.
Some of the excuses that hindered them from going into Lean Six Sigma are:
- “We do not have the budget or the time to support Lean Six Sigma.…We can’t afford it….We’re already working 60 hours a week.”
- “If the going gets tough our experience dictates, more resources and heroics will get it done on time. Lean Six Sigma will get in the way.”
- “Software and IT can’t be measured… measurement is the basis of Lean Six Sigma…So it doesn’t apply here.”
- “There is no magic…we know the solution…it is just a simple matter of implementing it with good project management.”
Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, Finance, Six Sigma
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The SixSig Roundup
Posted by: meikah | 11 January 2010 | 8:17 pm
It’s time again for some link-loving and see what other blogs are saying about Six Sigma, Lean, Lean Six Sigma and other quality improvement processes.
Over at A Very Beautiful Place, a post describes how Six Sigma RDMAIC can be used to connect people to sustainability. Continue reading…
Lean Blog has an interesting post about the latest shake up of the Jay Leno-Conon O’Brien on NBC. Mark Graban applies a Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) to pop-culture. Continue reading…
RXid shows us why a Six Sigma-based quality system may be the answer for pharmaceutical companies. Continue reading…
On Today’s Six Sigma, a post talks about doing product innovations through powerful problem statements. Continue reading…
The Lean Thinker shares Mark Graban’s post on the 10 Lean things not to say this 2010. Continue reading…
Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, Lean, Quality, Six Sigma
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Lean Six Sigma and Productivity Management
Posted by: meikah | 6 January 2010 | 9:45 pm
Do you like to know how Lean Six Sigma is evolving to productivity management?
Click here to view the .ppt presentation.
Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma Zone, Six Sigma, Productivity
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AstraZeneca Improves with Lean Six Sigma
Posted by: meikah | 6 January 2010 | 8:02 pm
AstraZeneca, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies, is starting the year 2010 right. Already, it is working with Genpact to improve its processes and service.
According to an article on CIO, Genpact will be focusing on “processes affecting procure-to-pay, record-to-report and order-to-cash functions. It will implement Lean Six Sigma management and development methodology.”
Graham Russell, head of global transactional finance at AstraZeneca, said that streamlining business processes would enable the company “to improve the effectiveness” of its finance function “in driving, measuring and reporting business performance”. It would also cut operational costs.
