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Ford Embraces Six Sigma and Increased Profitability
Ford Motor Company has long been an icon of American success in the automobile industry. It was, and has been, a company that people equate with quality, reliability and pride in being made in the USA. For decades Ford had been one of the top manufacturers and sellers of automobiles, but at the beginning of…
Six Sigma Comes to Hollywood
In March of 2014, according to The New York Times, more than 40 executives at Universal Studios met with Bob Wright Chairman NBC Universal, a Division of General Electric, now the parent company of Universal Studios. General Electric is one of the large-scale pioneers in Six Sigma management. Among the topics they conferred about was…
Continuous Improvement Myths
There seems to be a lot of mystery associated with how companies that make continuous quality improvement work actually do it. In his article Ten Common Misconceptions About Toyota Stewart Anderson sets the record straight about how Toyota actually works its magic. The gist of the article is that Toyota doesn’t follow some rigid set…
Minitab’s Quality Companion 3 Worth a Closer Look
One of the big problems facing many new Six Sigma Green Belts and Six Sigma Black Belts is staying organized when dealing with the complexity of their projects. Experienced Six Sigma Belts face a different problem: when several projects are in work simultaneously keeping track of everything can quickly become unmanageable. Minitab’s Quality Companion 3…
Six Sigma: 3 Ways a Manufacturing Quality Tool Applies to the Insurance Industry
Insurance industry insiders will readily admit that their industry has a 3-4% error rate. Compared with other industries, this is very high and can be costly. When an error is made, insurance providers must spend considerable time and money to fix the original error, address any side-effects, and mitigate any spillover errors to clients and…
Confronting Data
What are data, and why do people care so much about data? Assuming the data are from a ratio or interval scale (scale data), data are merely numbers attached to things we are interested in. Normally we have no interest in the numbers per se. We are interested in making better decisions or choices, which…
What is it like being a Lean Six Sigma Belt?
So you want to be a Lean Six Sigma Black belt (or Yellow Belt or Green Belt,) have you ever wondered about what your life will be like when you finally get that dream job? Here’s a sneak peek. Working on the system versus working within the system Organizations are made up of management hierarchies…
University Students Tackle the Problem of Food Waste
It’s no secret that the costs of acquiring a college education have risen to the point of posing a serious challenge to the family trying to fund it. Cost cutting in every aspect of student life is necessary, and reducing waste in general is a hot topic among the young people about to inherit the…
Ten Army Organizations Earn Lean Six Sigma Excellence Awards
In recent years, the Army has adopted lean business practices in an effort to save money, eliminate waste, and improve efficiency. The Lean Six Sigma Excellence Awards Program, known as LEAP, was developed seven years ago to recognize groups within the Army that have successfully implemented results-driven process improvement projects. The 2014 LEAP winners were recently honored at…
Finding Your Voice to Increase Work Performance and Satisfaction
Finding your voice is one of the most critical things you can do for your work performance. It isn’t always easy. Many people allow themselves to fade into the background of meetings and events, choosing silence over admitting a lack of knowledge, taking ownership of mistakes, intruding on existing processes or groups, or challenging the…