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When projects need a strong dose of strategy & direction, leaning solely on requirements just won’t cut it anymore.
If you’ve been a part of any business project during your professional career, you’ve seen the basic formula before: Project teams analyze the current state, identify requirements, and then implement a solution that best [...]
Tags : Project Management, Strategic Planning, capability maturity model, CMM
If you are the owner of a hotel, motel or some other type of large commercial building then when it comes time to paint there are some special considerations when you are going to hire a professional commercial painting contractor to complete your painting project. In this article we will look at some of the [...]
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Now, arguing against the role played by Six Sigma professionals would certainly tantamount to undermining the importance of their skills sets and knowledge, but you should never forget that there are other factors as well that play an equally important role in determining the success of Six Sigma implementations.
One such crucial role is played [...]
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This, however, became a possibility only after the development of advanced quality improvement concepts and methodologies such as Six Sigma. Six Sigma started out as a means to deliver quality improvements in existing business processes, but over the years many new branches were added to it - one of the most noteworthy being DFSS, short [...]
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Well, although it seems magical, there is certainly no magic involved. It’s just that Six Sigma happens to have some advanced weaponry in its arsenal - technically referred to as Six Sigma methodologies.
Among many, the two methodologies that are most commonly used include the DMAIC and the DMADV methodologies. For better understanding, we’ll compare [...]
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Well, if not then read on.
To start with, you need to know that Six Sigma basically signifies near-perfect business processes that do not generate more than 3.4 defects per million defect-free units of a manufactured product or delivered service.
When such near-perfect business processes are achieved, it automatically results in substantial cost savings and [...]
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In effect, it means that Six Sigma also has its risks, even though it has successfully delivered on many loftier goals and objectives, such as bringing down the defect rate to not more than 3.4 per million opportunities that might exist for such defects to occur.
So, what exactly can businesses do for reducing the [...]
Tags : six sigma, six sigma project, six sigma process, six sigma implementaion, six sigma pilot project, 6
In recent times, one of the most notable offshoots has been none other than Lean Six Sigma - it is already being touted as the next big thing in the world of quality improvement concepts, methodologies and systems.
It would not be wrong to say that Lean Six Sigma Training is an advanced version of [...]
Tags : lean six sigma, lean, six sigma training, lean 6 sigma, six sigma professional, six sigma,lean train
You see, Six Sigma implementations are basically the domain of Black Belts and Master Black Belts who certainly have far better skills and talents as compared to Green Belts who mostly play a supportive role during Six Sigma implementations.
This may tilt the balance against the Green Belts, but there is an opposing view which [...]
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Using Six Sigma quality management systems, Motorola became the first company to achieve near-perfect business processes that did not have more than 3.4 defects per million events that potentially existed for such defects to occur.
What is worth mentioning is that Motorola developed such systems for use in the manufacturing sector; and at that time, [...]
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