
Six Sigma methodologies entrust business units with techniques and tools that can reduce defect levels in all processes and projects. However the successful deployment of tools and techniques require an equally good team of experts who will implement the methodology in a way that will best cover all the problems of the organization while improving the capacity levels of all existing resources....
Six Sigma has always been touted as a champion defect reducer and quality enhancer. Therefore, Six Sigma training has also received considerable attention. The success of hotshot corporations likes Motorola and General Electric has generated a lot of interest in certification....
Six Sigma has many methodologies and designs through which it achieves its target of lowering defect levels and increasing perfection of processes and consumer satisfaction. There are many variants of DFSS, or designs for Six Sigma, and out of them one is known as the IDOV variant - Identify, Design, Optimize, and Verify....
Have you recently implemented Six Sigma in your organization? If yes, then you must also find out a way to assess its success. Assessing a Six Sigma technology is not the last process post-implementation....
Maintaining operational excellence not only ensures the success of Six Sigma implementation projects but also generates confidence among the team members as most of the planned goals and objectives are achieved with ease....
Process ownership is vital for the success of all DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) and DFSS (Design For Six Sigma) projects because it helps in segregating the implementations into two different tasks. The first deals with identifying problem areas and making improvement suggestions and the second deals with implementing and managing the proposed improvements suggestions....
Six Sigma is a proven quality improvement technique; but to ensure its success in your organization, you will have to take care of a few basic things such as providing adequate channels of communication....
It is a generally accepted theory that people are resistant to change, be it a change in their behavior or a change in their immediate environment. And since Lean Six Sigma aims to achieve both these changes, it is not surprising to find the employees up in arms against the new concepts and methodologies being suggested as part of the ongoing Lean Six Sigma implementation process....
Most Six Sigma projects aim at improving the quality of existing business processes by making appropriate changes wherever required. However, before implementing anything, the proposed changes are analyzed using hypothesis testing to ensure that they will be able to deliver the desired results....
The Kano model is basically used for representing customer satisfaction levels that depend on the type and quality of goods or services offered....