|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 Six Sigma Courses inside the USA
Six Sigma and Lean courses in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, DC, Hawaii, Houston, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Little Rock, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Jersey, Orlando, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Raleigh, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Tacoma, Tampa, more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Sigma Courses Outside the USA
Six Sigma and Lean courses in Alberta, Bangkok, Brussels, China, Dubai, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lisbon, Malaysia, Milan, Prague, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Toronto, Vancouver, more |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
 |
|
Learn Online Self-Paced
DMAIC
• Define
• Measure
• Analyze
• Improve
• Control |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Lean Six Sigma Articles and Lean Six Sigma White Papers
Lean is no longer the propriety process and quality management mantra for manufacturing units. The success of Lean management in manufacturing units was bound to percolate to non-manufacturing processes sooner or later. Though Lean processes have been around for quite some time along with other quality processes such as Six Sigma, the interest in Lean Office has been recent due to the increase in the services sector through out the globe.
Imagine a river. Then visualize all that the river carries with it. Apart from the water and fish, there are other elements which form the river. Processes are very much like a river. They flow in a natural direction and carry information with them from one point to another. The process of Value Stream Mapping is a by product of the Lean Manufacturing process pioneered by Toyota and the core fundamental is to identify the areas of waste which can be avoided within a manufacturing or office process.
The word Kaizen means continuous improvement. Implementation of a quality process does not mean that there is no need for any further improvements of changes. In fact, most quality processes are reviewed at frequent intervals and findings are then implemented as changed processes. This review process which is geared to bring about a positive change in the total process, when done formally with all concerned personnel, is known as a Kaizen Event.
5s is another well known business process management principles and quality control certification and has got extensive support in the manufacturing sector. 5S works mostly towards removal of wasteful processes and products within an organization, and has been derived from the Japanese words seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and shitsuke.
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is a proven tool. Well suited for a broad range of industries and processes, VSM is ideal for creating positive organizational changes, developing efficient future states, and producing system-wide benefits in cost, quality, and flexibility. In short, it helps eliminate waste.
Kaizen is a proven performance improvement tool. Adopted from modern Japanese manufacturers, like Toyota, Kaizen generates breakthrough improvements quickly, without huge capital investments and/or extensive commitments of employ time. Kaizen is an efficient, effective technique for producing change in manufacturing operations.
Variety distinguishes manufacturers from non-manufacturers. Manufacturers dislike too much variety. They want to stamp out products quickly and efficiently because they’re focused on fulfilling customer demand. The more variety they have, the more production slows. The more production slows, the longer it takes for the manufacturer’s products to reach the customer.
It is true that the so-called ‘lean methods’ and other kaizen-style management practices initially proved their worth in the manufacturing sector. However, they are equally applicable to the service sector, provided some small adjustments are made.
Kaizen is a Japanese management tradition that roughly translates to ‘becoming better through change’. It’s a management philosophy that believes in continuous vigilance regarding all the aspects of a production system, and making changes based on this observation so that the system always remains at the peak of its productive efficiency.
The lean office system cuts down human effort, investment and working hours to alter how work is done, and thus increases output. Organizations which effectively adopt lean office techniques boost their performance hugely and raise the production per hour worked.
It is a paper and pencil tool that helps to visualize and figure out the flow of materials and information as a product or service courses through the value stream. It helps to understand and improve work processes using the tools and techniques of Lean Manufacturing - the ultimate philosophy of efficiency.
If your business needs a good house cleaning, then consider 5S Implementation. This Lean Office concept originated in Japan and is a method by which a business can get organized and stay organized.
Kaizen is a Japanese word that means continuous improvement in and orderly manner. A Kaizen event is an intensive, short-term project intended to improve a specific process within a business. By improving a process the overall system will be improved – the proverbial weak link is strengthened and the chain does not fall apart.
Lean seems to be one of the new buzzwords in business these days. However, it is far more than that. It is a business concept. In order to understand the Lean Office, you must first understand what lean means.
Combining Lean Flow and Six Sigma creates Lean Six Sigma, uniting Six Sigma's quality improvements with Lean's speed improvements.
The deployment of Six Sigma becomes much less of an obstacle with adequate planning and organization. Here are some tips for a smoother deployment.
Six Sigma can work in any size business and though there are difficulties in deployment of Six Sigma in smaller organizations, they can be overcome by planning and managing the scope of the initiative.
Metrics lie at the heart of Six Sigma and knowing what to measure and how to analyze the statistics generated are a key part of success. This aticles explores how Six Sigma addresses variation.
Understanding the flood of data Six Sigma produces about your process is critical to your success. You will need the help of a powerful statistical analysis software application..
Properly envisioned and implemented, Design of Experiments will provide valuable insight to the heart of the data within a Six Sigma project.
A brief discussion of some of the most important of the Six Sigma statistical tools: control charts, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), histograms, pareto charts.
Much of the U.S. economy is now based on services rather than manufacturing. Many service organizations can achieve the tremendous process improvement benefits of Lean Six Sigma.
Online training can be a highly effective means of delivering new knowledge. Here are some tips on how to make online training more effective.
Online training can be a highly effective and cost effective means of delivering Six Sigma training for your organization.
Six Sigma is not a pre-packaged one-fits-all solution. Six Sigma is a process that doesn’t impose solutions but discovers the previously unknown solution to a problem.
Six Sigma job openings are becoming more plentiful. Here are some of the types of Six Sigma jobs available and the qualifications they seek.
Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) –"the other Six Sigma" – is powerful methodology for designing new or re-designing existing products and processes. DFSS can produce as significant financial benefits as DMAIC by focusing on the early stages of product development.
-
You browse through a handful of Six Sigma books hoping to find a definition for leadership. Chances are you’d be hard pressed to find one unifying definition. Instead, you’ll get a garden variety of definitions that will help you zero in on the true essence of leadership. Given evolving business and manufacturing trends and rapidly changing technologies, leadership has taken on a multi-faceted dimension. The same is true when speaking of leadership in Six Sigma.
-
Lean manufacturing from the perspective of Six Sigma does not equate with inferior products. If lean manufacturing processes are managed by good leaders, a company can still delight its customers by exceeding their expectations of the product while at the same time keeping costs down. -
Piggly Wiggly…muri…mura…muda… No, they’re not your typical cheerleading blurbs, although with Toyota hugging the limelight these days as one of the world’s major car producers with stellar growth rates and “can’t-be-beat” performance, everyone might as well be cheerleading for the Japanese auto maker. The praises are richly deserved.
-
Your company need not be in the automotive industry to benefit from the principles of the Toyota Production System. Whether you’re running a critical care unit, overseeing cross-country trucking operations or opening an art school, you can learn valuable lessons from the Toyota Production System.
-
Bench Warming or Benchmarking? by Peter Peterka
Benchmarking seems such a high-falluting word, another business concept that has been used ad nauseam. There’s a justification for that, we’re sure.
But what’s the simplest way to describe benchmarking so even a high school student can understand it? - Go Army, Go Six Sigma! by Peter Peterka
Our Six Sigma focus now turns to the United States Army. The generals have reason to be proud. That pride is expressed in US dollars. How does a savings of $110 million in 2005 sound? In 2007, that figure went up to US$2 billion. These savings specifically relate to the Army’s Six Sigma initiatives. - Shedding off the Fat by Peter Peterka
Close to two years ago, a report was published online about an award that was given at Hanscom Air Force Base to a Mr. Harvey Dershin, Vice President of Aon/Rath & Strong. Presenting the award was Major General Arthur J. Rooney, Vice Commander of the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air Force Base. - Military Order of the Day: Transformation by Peter Peterka
We’ll clarify that: it’s transformation through Lean Six Sigma (LSS). No less than the Secretary of the US Navy has initiated a three-year LSS action plan. This piece of news comes straight from the Pentagon and was published today, May 8, 2008. - How the Public Sector Benefits from Lean Six Sigma by Peter Peterka
One might be tempted to ask, “Does the public sector really need to integrate Lean Six Sigma into their training requirements considering that they’re a non-profit service-oriented outfit?” - Promising Careers in Lean Six Sigma by Peter Peterka
If you’re looking for a career – a real Six Sigma career – then by all means aim high! When you do find a position that will enable you to apply Lean Six Sigma principles and be part of a waste elimination team, it will be an emotionally satisfying experience.
|
|
|
|
