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 you have a question that...
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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
As someone who follows Six Sigma news closely, it appears to me that the approach is nearing the end of its life-cycle. As an advocate of Six Sigma for...
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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
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 1. DMAIC is used...
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