Category: Business

  • Take it from El Paso: Six Sigma Training Results in Big Savings

    The fire department staff of the City of El Paso, TX, was recently able to save hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars by implementing Lean Six Sigma projects. According to a recent article from the El Paso Herald Post, a Green Belt team evaluated some aspects of the department’s programs and made recommendations that resulted…

  • Six Sigma Training: What Kind of Jobs Can You Get?

    Perhaps you’re wondering what kind of jobs are available to professionals with Six Sigma training. Here is a real life profile of a job promotion recently received due to a company’s desire to improve the quality of its services to its customers. According to a January press release, American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc., has promoted…

  • Looking to Innovate your Process? The Pyzdek Institute can Help

    Advisor, Chunka Mui — in his recent column for Forbes — described innovation as an “imperative” for businesses and organizations. He cited studies in which senior executives and board members stated that the rapid pace of technological change was the biggest challenge facing their organization, and that disruptive innovation was the biggest risk. However, Mui…

  • Agile Manufacturing Rebounds – Are You Ready?

    Agile manufacturing is poised for a big comeback. Fully 50% of the 2014 Industry Week Best Plants class reported “significant” implementations of agile manufacturing across their operations, which represents a sharp uptick after a three-year decline: This rebound undoubtedly reflects the need for many organizations to pivot in response to growing market volatility, but it also suggests that agile manufacturing will…

  • The Basics of Success, Part II: 5 Fundamental Steps

    The Basics of Success, Part II: 5 Fundamental Steps

    Have you ever looked at someone else’s success and thought, “How did they do that?!” And then looked at yourself and wondered, “Could I do that?” Most of us have big goals, if we let ourselves indulge in them. The fact is, we all have the potential to achieve what we want, most of us…

  • The Basics of Success, Part I: The Foundation

    The Basics of Success, Part I: The Foundation

    Whether you do a Google search or browse the self-help section of your local bookstore, you will see a myriad of articles or books that claim to give you the secret formula for success. And the chances are, for the author and a few other people, those formulas work. But real success — regardless of…

  • Not So Young Frankenstein

    Let’s say you were a modern day Dr. Frankenstein and you decided you wanted to bring an organizational creature to life.  Let’s further say you were a nefarious Dr. Frankenstein and the organizational creature you wanted to bring to life was one that continuously produced errors…lots of them…day in and day out.  What would go…