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Lean Six Sigma Training: Improving Patient Care in Rural Hospitals
Lean Six Sigma principles have the capability to improve processes and eliminate defects in almost every industry. Applying these principles in rural hospitals play a vital role in improving business processes and reducing waste so that healthcare services offered to patients are more efficient. Compared to community hospitals, rural hospitals often face problems associated with […]
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7 “how-to” Ways Six Sigma Training Can Benefit My Company
Six Sigma Training was developed by Thomas Pyzdek, author of The Six Sigma Handbook. Six Sigma is a comprehensive approach for improving any business process. Utilizing the Six Sigma methodology has been proven to help companies from a large variety of industries to reach their goals, and achieve higher efficiency. Below you will learn 7 […]
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Lean Six Sigma in the Office
Since gaining popularity, Six Sigma methods have gone a long way towards improving quality and reducing waste in business environments. While Lean Six Sigma methods are often associated with manufacturing operations, Six Sigma training can be used to improve processes in a variety of organizations, including an office setting. One of the first steps in […]
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Six Sigma and Design Thinking
Since its inception, Six Sigma training has helped companies from Bank of America to Staples to Progressive Insurance change the way they approach business management. Leaning away from the old methods, this system analyzes new ways for companies to improve their operations and make them as efficient as possible. Companies that decide to adopt the […]
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Reducing Costs by Identifying Opportunities to be Lean in Healthcare
In an effort to more efficiently utilize resources, more healthcare organizations are focusing on conducting business properly by using the fewest possible number of steps. By adopting the Lean Six Sigma business philosophy, hospitals and surgery centers are able to reduce expenditures by eliminating waste. Below are some key opportunities to be Lean in healthcare with […]
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Ford Auto Company Six Sigma Management Training
When Japanese imports threatened America’s auto industry in the 1980s, Ford Motor Company pushed for a quality revival. The effect of the movement, which became known as Total Quality Management, enabled Ford to become the most profitable automobile company in America by 1986 after taking a $3 billion loss between 1979 and 1982 Twenty years […]
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Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Training: Preparing Your Team For Success
Lean Six Sigma is about defeating failure. It is training staff to work as a team, avoid mistakes and making the most out of any business model. Understanding and using this program effectively requires everyone in the company to take part, even those in the top executive positions. There are eight forms of waste the […]
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Benefits of Lean Six Sigma Certification
Lean Six Sigma combines the best of two different concepts that result in more efficiency with less effort: Lean and Six Sigma. A “Lean” process implements actions that speed up processes, make them more productive and delivers a standard of excellence. Lean is achieved by removing Waste which is basically any activity that is not necessary to […]
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Six Facts About Six Sigma
Six Sigma Training has been around since the 1980’s and continues to gain popularity with businesses looking to reduce variability and waste in production. Many employers look for resumes that include Six Sigma Training when hiring. Thomas Pyzdek took the concepts of Six Sigma, and Lean, and created a training system for each, and a […]
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A Few Words About Six Sigma
What exactly IS “Six Sigma” and what can it do for my organization? Succinctly stated, Six Sigma is a data-driven procedure through which problematic issues in any process (e.g., manufacturing, product delivery, service transactions, etc.) can be significantly reduced, if not totally eliminated. Introduced in 1986 (trademarked in 1993) by Motorola engineers Bill Smith and […]