Article Revised: March 26, 2019 Six Sigma betters an organization at all levels. At the highest level, this involves moving the entire organization from three- or four-sigma business processes...
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06Mar
What is a Black Belt?
Article Revised: March 26, 2019 Six Sigma Black Belts are full-time change agents who work in Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma. Black Belts work on entire value streams...
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06Mar
Six Sigma Roadmap for Small Businesses
Article Revised: March 26, 2019 Many Six Sigma experts have expressed doubt that Six Sigma can be used effectively in small, or even in some medium-sized, organizations. However, while...
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06Mar
Six Sigma FAQs
Article Revised: April 26, 2019 The questions below are from various conferences where I have presented, from reader emails, and from conversations I’ve had with colleagues and clients. If...
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06Mar
Ignore Six Sigma at Your Peril
The Jan. 22, 2001, issue of Fortune contained an article that offered readers risky advice–namely, that Six Sigma could be ignored without adverse consequences.1 Don’t believe it. To be...
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06Mar
Cargo Cult Six Sigma
In the South Seas there is a cargo cult of people. During the war they saw airplanes with lots of good materials, and they want the same thing to...
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06Mar
101 Things a Black Belt Should Know
In general, a Six Sigma Black Belt should be quantitatively oriented.
With minimal guidance, the Six Sigma Black Belt should be able to use data to convert broad generalizations into...
24Sep
DMAIC and DMADV
Article Revised: April 26, 2019 The tools of Six Sigma are most often applied within a simple performance improvement model known as Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control, or DMAIC. DMAIC is summarized in Table...
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