Six Sigma Training Tips from LearnSigma.com
Posted by: meikah | 24 June 2008 | 9:52 pm
Rob Thomson of LearnSigma shares these interesting Six Sigma training tips. I’ve shared my thoughts about it too earlier.
Anyway, here are Rob’s top tips:
- Always emphasise the graphical tools over formal statistical analyses
- Teach the tools and their applications, and omit the underlying theory but not the key assumptions which make the tool applicable or not
- Use real life examples and case-studies
- Use software, e.g. Minitab to demonstrate hands-on implementation
- Tie the training into a project, with the emphasis on using tools which are appropriate to solve the problem, in other words, don’t be overly prescriptive with what tools are required
Very useful tips, Rob, and I like the look of your new site!
You may also want to check out my interview with Rob.
Filed under: Six Sigma References, Tips, Robert Thompson, Six Sigma
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Six Sigma Blogs Roundup
Posted by: meikah | 18 September 2007 | 8:40 pm
It has been a while, I know. Well, here are good insights from my fellow Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma, and quality bloggers.
Last week, Mike of Got Boondoggle? shared his experience during the APICS Chicago Chapter Monthly Professional Development Meeting. Praveen Gupta was the speaker and Mike learned that to sustain profitable growth we need three things: (1) any process improvement approach like Lean, six sigma, Lean/Sigma, etc.; (2) a business scorecard to measure what we value; (3) growth not dependant on Mergers and Acquisitions, but driven on innovation.
Ron of Lean Six Sigma Academy posed a question: Do companies in Japan use Six Sigma? I know the Japanese have developed their own quality improvements, most of which are practical concepts and doable, but I also know that there are Japanese companies who is using Six Sigma and enjoyung the benefits. Join the conversation!
Over at LearnSigma, Rob challenges you to take a quiz and find out how much you know about the Toyota Production System. I got 6 out of 10! Whoa… Not bad, I guess, for someone who only has the book The Toyota Way and has read it halfway. Take the quiz now!
An interesting concept is put out by Sue Kozlowski on iSixSigma Blogosphere. It’s the concept of Hands of the Customer. Sue is right that we often hear Voice of the Customer, but with Hands of the Customer, you consider your processes and decide which part or how much of it can you pass on to your customers to do. It has been tried in restaurants where customers are asked to mix their own drinks or mix and match their food. Yeah, we should try out this hands-of-the-customer concept.
Over at Curious Cat Management, John Hunter quoted a passage from Deming’s book, Out of Crisis. Let me share it with you, too.
Best efforts are essential. Unfortunately, best efforts, people charging this way and that way without guidance of principles, can do a lot of damage. Think of the chaos that would come if everyone did his best, not knowing what to do.
Well, Mr. Deming, I’m guilty as charged! (._.)
Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma References, iSixSigma, Ron Pereira, Robert Thompson, Mike Wroblewski, John Hunter
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Six Sigma Blogs Roundup
Posted by: meikah | 7 June 2007 | 11:26 pm
It’s time to do the rounds and read about useful management concepts on the blogosphere.
Mike of Got Boondoggle? invites us to look at handoffs in your process for waste and hidden opportunities for improvement.
Rob of Learn Sigma has a good discussion going about the latest review of ISO 9001.
Ron of Lean Six Sigma Academy features an interesting video titled “One-Piece-Flow vs. Batch Manufacturing.” 
Laura Gibbons of iSixSigma Blogosphere points a finger at hold time as the real hidden factory of waste.
Very interesting insights. Check out the blogs!
Filed under: iSixSigma, Ron Pereira, Robert Thompson, Mike Wroblewski
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Lean, Six Sigma News Roundup
Posted by: meikah | 30 May 2007 | 9:03 pm
Today, let’s do the rounds of blogs that talk about Lean, Six Sigma, and other quality management strategies.
Let’s start with The Sixth Sigma, which I recently discovered. It features IBM and the company’s move to go lean has nothing to do with its streamlining of workforce. Well, that should be the case, for Lean is more than just laying off employees. The essence of lean is the continuous pursuit of waste elimination.
Over at Lean Six Sigma Academy, Ron is calling all bloggers or Six Sigma practitioners who want to share their insights on Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvements, to be guest bloggers at LSSA. Good idea, Ron!
Rob Thompson of Lean Sigma, which is now Learn Sigma emphasizing on the lean + six sigma formula, shares how Sony has screwed up lean methods: “God help you if you need a new screw for your Sony stuff: Sony charges 61 Euros (more than $82) for a replacement.”
Then Mike Wroblewski of Got Boondoggle? shared an amusing yet informative incident during their Kaizen event. Kaizen is yet another interesting quality strategy.
These are interesting insights that could help your continuous improvements now. Check out the blogs!
