Category: Six Sigma

With computers, On Demand television, mobile phones, and fast food becoming our world more and more, we’ve become accustomed to instant gratification. When we want something, we want it now and waiting any longer is seen as an inconvenience. But making improvements in your life isn’t something that you can get instantly. It takes work,…

In the healthcare world, improving quality of care and optimizing patient outcomes is paramount. Clinical leaders are thus regularly seeking out tools to help their respective organizations achieve success.  The TeamSTEPPS curriculum, a teamwork-focused, evidence-based system used to improve communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals, is one respected tool being implemented by hospitals and…

Manpower is a temporary agency that offers soft skills training to their employees. Why? Manpower knows there are companies and different industries that use Six Sigma techniques and Manpower wants their employees to be knowledgeable of this. Six Sigma originated in the 1980s at Motorola, and the lean production system was used at Toyota. If your company believes in…

iSixSigma.com has just released a new video featuring several industry experts, including yours truly. Michael Cyger, CEO of iSixSigma.com asks the expert panel questions that run the gamut of important topics that should be considered by anyone thinking of purchasing Lean Six Sigma Training and Certification. Topics covered include: You can read the transcript here.

Click here to go to the Amazon.com page for the Six Sigma Handbook. #1 Best Seller in Industrial Quality Control on Amazon.com. Book DescriptionPublication Date: May 13, 2014The most complete, current guide to Six Sigma “Best practices in Six Sigma are continuously evolving, just as Six Sigma itself evolved from earlier best practices in quality improvement.…

Recently, Priya Sinha Cloutier, of law firm Lane Powell’s Seattle office wrote a piece entitled Lean Six Sigma: it’s not just for manufacturing. In it, she detailed the history of Lean Six Sigma, as well as its journey. Six Sigma was developed by Motorola in 1986 as a set of techniques and tools for process…

Another Army department is turning to Lean Six Sigma to improve efficiency. The Bayonet & Saber, the publication at Fort Benning, Georgia, announced recently that twelve employees from the Directorate of Training and Doctrine (DOTD) were undergoing training to earn their Lean Six Sigma green belts. According to the DOTD deputy director at the post’s…

Four members of the management team at Habersham Medical Center, in Demorest, GA, recently received Six Sigma Training and earned their Green Belt certifications, the center reported. The staff receiving the training included the chief clinical officer; the director of quality; director of the emergency department, respiratory, and prime care; and the director of obstetrics.…

I’ve looked at thousands of projects in the 20 plus years that I’ve been reviewing projects for Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification. I personally review all certification projects for Pyzdek Institute Certification Candidates. I’ve seen fantastic projects which have saved millions of dollars, launched exciting new products and services, delighted formerly dissatisfied…

Have you ever tried to shop online, only to find that the website wasn’t working efficiently, or clicked on a page only to find the link broken? Have you suffered through slow internet, applications that crash, email programs that do unexpected things? Of course you have. We all have. According to a recent article from…