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How Different Phases of Six Sigma Training Influence Employees
The Six Sigma functions as an improvement plan for projects meaning there is the need to have a project first that needs improvement. The primary goal of Six Sigma is to improve quality of output by identifying and removing the wastes of the process. In simple terms, Six Sigma is a problem-solving process. During Six…
Why You Need Six Sigma Training
Six Sigma Certification has established a reputation as the premier quality assurance and management training course in recent times. It consists of a set of tools and techniques carefully designed to help organizations to improve processes by minimizing errors and variation during production. Though originally conceptualized for the typical industrial manufacturing setup, its application has…
What Kind of Salary do Professionals with Six Sigma Training Get?
ASQ Quality Progress recently published the results of its 30th annual salary survey for quality professionals. Here are the details:
The Financial Value of Six Sigma Training for Employees and Suppliers
According to a recent article from Industry Week, quality training for suppliers and quality incentives and training for staff can provide an important financial value to organizations. The reasoning for providing quality training to suppliers, the article states, is that it creates a common language between the organization and its external partners. It helps suppliers…
Three Key Benefits of Six Sigma Training to Organizations
Initially, six sigma functioned as a tool for reducing waste and costs associated with production. Over time, it evolved into one of the most important strategies that businesses use to produce goods as per the customer’s specifications. Most companies enroll their employees for six sigma training to improve business effectiveness. Through training, employees become efficient…
Train To Apply Lean Six Sigma To CMMI Process
Getting users and contractors on the same page regarding software requirements can be a major challenge that disconnects the software development process. Scenario: you cannot populate your new database with software data from the software engineers because the data doesn’t exist. The manufacturers (contractors) did not foresee the need to keep the metrics. Do you…
Meet the 2015 IndustryWeek Best Plants Finalists Who Use Six Sigma To Deliver Quality & Value
“IndustryWeek” has recognized twenty North American manufacturing facilities as finalists in the 2015 IndustryWeek Best Plants competition. They range from Mexico (Batesville, Chihuahua – Chihuahua, Chihuahua) to Canada (New Flyer Industries – Winnipeg, Manitoba) and all across the United States, but despite the geographic variation, one trait they all share is a commitment to Six…
Practical Application of Lean Six Sigma in Reducing Cycle Time
The principles and tools in Lean Six Sigma are the most methodical and fruitful strategy to the challenge of cycle time reduction. However, managers need to understand that success in this strategy requires commitment. Cycle time reduction using Lean Six Sigma is not a quick fix and cannot be effective if only used occasionally. Success in…
Three Ways of Improving Hospital Performance With Lean Six Sigma
The Lean Six Sigma Training developed by Thomas Pyzdek is a comprehensive approach to helping improve your business process. In the health care system, four forces have converged making care delivery more difficult than it has ever been. These include: Aging baby boomers In the next two decades, the baby boomers will become the greatest…
Losing the Race in the Last Mile: Why Many Lean/Six Sigma Initiatives Fail (and What to Do About It)
Why do Lean/Six Sigma initiatives fail? What can be done to resurrect them? This was the topic of a recent article by Bill Wilder, published in Industry Week. According to Wilder, a common source of failure with Lean/Six Sigma initiatives is not quite doing enough to make the changes stick. Old habits die hard, Wilder…