When Six Sigma Meets Project Management
Posted by: meikah | 27 May 2008 | 8:20 pm
The meeting of the two is destined. Well, why not? When both are working toward carrying out projects successfully.
Over at FM & Beyond, there is a good discussion on PM meeting Six Sigma. Here are the suggested ways:
- Developing a solid Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) brings clarity.
- Put your project planning process under the microscope.
- Increase your Risk Management focus.
- Be intentional about PM skills and career development.
- Water from the top, grow from the bottom.
Well, I am project managing two content based websites right now, and I find the list above very useful indeed. For sometime now, I have been thinking of how to continually motivate my team. Right now they’re doing well in their individual tasks and I don’t want malaise affect their performance.
You know how it is when you do the same things for a period of time, you are bound to get fed up. So, right now, I’m stil mulling over these things. And I’d like to take the suggestions above very seriously.
I’ll update you how it goes. Meanwhile, perhaps you have other suggestions. Do share them here.
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Filed under: Processes, Project Management, Six Sigma
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Lean Six Sigma at Kent Hospital in Turkey
Posted by: meikah | 27 May 2008 | 7:29 pm
eMediaWire announces:
One year after pioneering the first Lean Six Sigma deployment at a healthcare facility in Turkey, Kent Hospital shared its success stories at the Six Sigma & Lean Conference held in Izmir, Turkey on May 9-11, 2008.
Kent Hospital made its presentation on how Lean Six Sigma can be implemented at a hospital, and co-facilitated a workshop with its deployment partner, NOVACES, a consulting and training firm. In his presentation on Lean Six S?gma in hospitals, Mesut Guderel, deputy leader of Kent’s Lean Six Sigma coordination team showed how they improved patient billing, materials management, discharge and bypass surgery processes.
“There is a belief that Lean Six Sigma is more applicable in the manufacturing industry. However, by applying Lean Six Sigma tools to hospital processes, for example, we shortened the discharge process from 134 minutes to 79 minutes and the ratio of patient files waiting for doctor signature went down from 26% to 1%. And while increasing patient satisfaction and improving quality, the hospital also saw serious financial gains. Training financed itself from the very beginning.”
Filed under: Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma Organizations, Healthcare, Kent Hospital
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Six Sigma at Citation Corporation
Posted by: meikah | 27 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
Citation Corporation designs, develops and manufactures high-quality cast, machined and assembled components for the automotive, heavy trucks, and industrial markets. It employs 2,700 associates in Alabama, Texas, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina and Wisconsin.
East Texas News reports that Citation just certified its first wave of Six Sigma Green Belts. The company eyes a company-wide initiative to certify 42 Six Sigma Green Belts at its castings facilities in 2008.
For this initiative, a GE Master Black Belt team is providing the company with training and project mentoring.
Citation’s COO, Cary Wood:
“Six Sigma certification is a valuable tool that is helping us reduce process variation and drive continuous improvement throughout our manufacturing operations. With these certifications, we are planning double-digit improvements in quality indicators. Additionally, Six Sigma methods will add support to our existing Lean initiatives already underway, aimed at strengthening our position as a world-class supplier.”
This initiative combined with the existing 18 Six Sigma Black Belts and the 21 members of senior management who recently received executive overview training, brings the total count to 81 employees, or 18 percent of the salaried workforce, who have gone through some level of Six Sigma training in the past six months.
Source:
iSixSigma News
Filed under: Manufacturing, Six Sigma Organizations, Training, Deployment, iSixSigma, DMAIC, Six Sigma, Citation Corporation
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Looking for iSixSigma Live 2009 Summit Sessions and Ideas (And Speakers)
Posted by: meikah | 25 May 2008 | 10:23 pm
Michael Cyger of iSixSigma blogosphere is inviting you, your ideas, and your participation to the iSixSigma Live 2009 Summit. Check his invite-post now!
Last May 1, you were also invited to the premiere of the iSixSigma Live! Social and Networking Party in Seattle. The event was very successful, and Michael Cyger himself wrote about it.
If you had been to that premiere or you missed it, then you wouldn’t want to miss the summit in 2009, do you?
Filed under: Events/Announcements, iSixSigma, Six Sigma
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A Story About Airline Kaizen
Posted by: meikah | 25 May 2008 | 8:14 pm
Over at MBTmag, Mark Graban shares a story about an airline kaizen, where airlines slow down flights to save on fuel.
Mark says that it’s good to have airlines do Kaizen, instead of whining about high fuel prices and cutting down on employees salaries.
But what does airline slow down mean?
Literally, it’s where an airplane flies slower and so the flights take a bit longer, much like a car driving slowly to save on fuel. What I do know however is that the most fuel efficient driving is to go 80-100km/hr. And if we drive slow using low gear, you’re even consuming more gasoline.
Now, an airplane can actually fly slower?
Saving on gas is good, and I’m all for it. But I’m not quite sure if longer flights would be good for businessmen who had to adjust their time schedules in order not to waste on time.
What do you think?
Meanwhile, here’s how Kaizen can work with Six Sigma.
Source:
Six Sigma Zone News
