Six Sigma Conference 2011 in Manila
Posted by: meikah | 21 June 2011 | 1:19 am
Fierra De Manila brings you the Six Sigma Conference 2011 in Manila on August 4-5, 2011 at Hotel Intercontinental Manila.
- Creating a Six Sigma Culture Through Operational Excellence
- The Holy Grail of Six Sigma, Lean, and BPM
- Metrics for Successful Six Sigma Projects
- Using Six Sigma Approach for Fixing Performance Issues in Balanced Scorecard Model
- Unlocking Six Sigma for Managing Process Variation
- Six Sigma Project Presentation in Financial/Banking Sector
- Six Sigma Project Presentation in BPO Sector
- A Case Presentation of Continuous Improvement (CI) Implementation Program
- Panel Discussion
- Guidelines and Criteria in the Selection of Potential Six Sigma Projects
- Starting Your Six Sigma Projects the Right Way 92-2751
Find out more and register now!
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Six Sigma Students Helping Companies Boost Performance
Posted by: meikah | 28 March 2011 | 4:17 am
I saw this article on University of Buffalo News Center, and I got interested in this new development. Six Sigma students enrolled at the University at Buffalo can now help companies with their continuous improvement effort.
These students are enrolled in the Six Sigma Black Belt Student Certification program. They can be hosted by a company and they will make that company a case study.
I think this is a good move for students as well as for the companies, a win-win situation. The students get exposed to how things work at the shop floor so to speak and apply the theories they learned from the classroom. The companies, on the other hand, now have the option to host these students or get Six Sigma consultants, whichever works for the company.
Here’s how the program works:
Companies of any size and type may sponsor one or more students. Students pursue a two-semester project targeted at achieving process excellence by eliminating variation. They are supported by a UB Master Black Belt mentor with varied and extensive industry experience, who works with company officials to identify a project that has defined outcomes and achievable results.
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4 Qualities That Identify a Successful Six Sigma Belt Candidate
Posted by: meikah | 27 October 2010 | 11:54 pm
When you launch a Six Sigma initiative, you would survey your people and form a Six Sigma team. Of course, in so doing, you check out every employee and his potentials to carry on with a Six Sigma project.
- Learning Ability. A candidate must be able to understand instructions and underlying principles with the ability to reason and make sound decisions possessing an analytical mindset.
- Leadership. A candidate must demonstrate leadership in a team environment with the ability to mentor team members to achieve a level of knowledge that fosters cultural growth and individual project success.
- Desire. A candidate must possess the trait of motivation that has been demonstrated in past performance.
- Determination. A candidate must devote full strength and concentrate attention to achieving results in the short and long term.
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“How do you measure a year in the life… with Six Sigma?”
Posted by: meikah | 24 May 2010 | 7:44 pm
Here’s an interesting account from Tiffany Westendorf about how it is to be a Six Sigma practitioner and practically live a Six Sigma life.
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7 Remote Six Sigma Project Communication Boosters
Posted by: meikah | 26 April 2010 | 8:16 pm
If you are working for a big corporation, chances are your team will also be in different places; perhaps working in your Asia office or Europe office.
Distance often tests the strength of your team communication strategy. How you manage the team and strengthen it even if you’re miles away from each other is a big challenge.
I am sure, you have encountered communication problems with your remote teams and have already put up measures to address it. But just the same, I’d like to share with you an article by Thomas S. Ostasiewski, PE, PMP on Six Sigma iQ. Ostasiewski cites seven remote Six Sigma project communication boosters:
- Push very hard for an initial face-to-face meeting for the entire team.
- Personally reach out to each member.
- Let the team get to know you — be a “personâ€.
- Get as many in-person events as you can afford, especially early, when major milestones are occurring, or when there are serious issues or conflicts.
- When you can’t meet in person, use video conferencing.
- Discuss the project and its needs with the remote team members’ boss.
- Keep your sponsor VERY well informed every step of the way.
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Six Sigma Training: Six Sigma in 3 Steps
Posted by: meikah | 5 April 2010 | 9:37 pm
Here is more of Six Sigma training.
I stumbled upon this site that presents Six Sigma in three steps. It has something to do with giving Six Sigma training to each Six Sigma team member.
Trainers can follow these three steps to make the training program uncomplicated and effective to develop future Six Sigma leaders.
- Pre-training
- Delivery
- Feedback and analysis
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On Six Sigma Training
Posted by: meikah | 5 April 2010 | 7:29 pm
Six Sigma always begins with training. In fact, corporations planning to go into Six Sigma either train in-house or get consultants. Even so, training must start somewhere.
An important component of training is its content, which is governed by the objective you have for training. For me a good training manual or module should precede other action plans. The manual has to be thought out well and must indicate a doable and feasible objective and must yield the expected outcomes. The same principles apply to Six Sigma training.
So how do you design your Six Sigma training?
Over at iSixSigma, Daniel Zrymiak has one suggestion, that is to apply dynamic content to your Six Sigma courses or training.
According to Zrymiak, a “dynamic content†is one that fully engages students through interaction and feedback from instructors. Dynamic content can be obtained through elicitation and discussion from students, subject matter experts, current events and other information sources.
In other words, it’s a content designed by everyone else who are involved in the training. If so, then I don’t see why it won’t work to the fullest advantage.
Zrymiak further shares the principles of dynamic content.
- Reduce original courseware to high-level fundamentals.
- Avoid over-informing in the initial courseware.
- Make special preparations prior to class initiation
- Facilitate collaborative in-class discussion
- Enhance evaluations and course closure
Read more about how each works and how to come up with a dynamic content for your training.
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Managing Change in Your Six Sigma Team
Posted by: meikah | 24 March 2010 | 9:08 pm
Change is inevitable. Cliche, but true. Anything is bound to change sooner or later, especially these days when people leave for greener pastures or have left because of streamlining.
During changes, team-based projects are the one that get most affected. New members come in and so adjustments have to be made.
If your Six Sigma team is undergoing changes right now and is facing challenges, here’s a tip from Thomas S. Ostasiewski, PE, PMP. He shared his insights on Six Sigma IQ (non-italics are my thoughts):
- Find a way to break down your Six Sigma project into reasonable chunks and celebrate the achievement of each of them. So perhaps before an impending team member’s leaving, you celebrate with the team milestones and achievements.
- Bring the others in as needed. If team members realize each one’s value to the team, they will be more receptive to new members coming in.
- Make sure you have Champion and management support, and make your expectations in this area clear with your team. Emphasize with your team members the things that are expected of them, “un-reward” or reward them accordingly. Recognition and rewards system when carried out well can strengthen the team.
Note: You can also access SixSig.info on Six Sigma IQ Blog Index.
