By vanko on April 6, 2011
Although Six Sigma concepts and methodologies make use of foolproof statistical tools and techniques, the importance of existing work culture and the support and cooperation of employees cannot be undermined – because ultimately it is the employees and the implementation teams who have to work together in order to make the project implementation a success. [...]
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By vanko on January 3, 2011
Training Difficulty Level Depending On The Position Held It is said that any organization that is thinking about starting a Six Sigma initiative will have to get their employees trained for the purpose. This is one of the most crucial factors for the success of implementation. Every employee will receive a benefit out of this [...]
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By vanko on January 2, 2011
Introduction To The IDOV Variant These designs are used for developing completely new product or business processes to meet consumer requirements and specifications or to achieve elite Six Sigma quality levels. IDOV is just one methodology – there are other methodologies as well, like DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve and control) but they are quite [...]
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By vanko on December 31, 2010
Analysis of a failed project will definitely help the team to know about the lack of commitment as well as attention by senior management, and towards the business and cultural investment that were required for accomplishing and sustaining the new levels of performance. It is here that the assessment will be needed when reworking a [...]
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By vanko on December 22, 2010
Analyzing Customer Needs And Expectations Six Sigma utilizes a customer centric approach for understanding the basic needs of the target audience. Understanding customer needs may seem to be an easy task, but in reality it is quite difficult because it calls for quantifying vague customer needs such as “better quality”, “low price” and others into [...]
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By vanko on November 18, 2010
The Significance Of Leadership Commitment In A Business By leadership here we don’t mean only the top rung people. Usually people have a misconception that a CEO or the president or the COO of the company needs to have a visionary leadership quality to take the company to the peak of the success. However it [...]
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By vanko on November 14, 2010
Six Sigma concepts and methodologies certainly help in reducing defects and increasing efficiencies, but that does not mean that we can overlook the need for maintaining operational excellence throughout the Six Sigma implementation process and beyond. Explained below are some of the methods and strategies that you can employ for maintaining operational excellence across all [...]
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By vanko on August 26, 2010
Segregating a single process into two different tasks is necessary because both the tasks are quite different from each other. If responsibility were not allocated properly, it would become quite impossible to identify the root cause of a given problem if something were to go wrong during the implementation. How To Work With Process Owners [...]
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By vanko on August 24, 2010
Employees often do not lend their full cooperation and support because they are of the opinion that they will lose their jobs after Lean Six Sigma is finally implemented. Some employees may also think that they may be asked to work more or shoulder multiple responsibilities; as such, they often resist the changes being suggested. [...]
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By vanko on August 23, 2010
It is true that Six Sigma is based on scientific theories, but you should not forget that a lot more depends on the employees who are entrusted with the task of implementing Six Sigma. You need to realize that Six Sigma project implementations require regular communications between the implementation team, middle and top management, as [...]
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