Project Management
Published: 27/03/2008
Now, there are many ways a business can achieve this objective, but if risks are to be avoided, then the best option is to use time-tested process improvement tools and techniques such as Six Sigma.
By using Six Sigma as a workout tool, businesses can easily shed their excess flab, become...
Published: 27/03/2008
Nowadays, professionals are increasingly expected to have mastered the principles of project management in addition to their many other talents. Having basic project management skills, at least, is rapidly becoming a requirement for many professionals. In a fast paced working environment, it...
Published: 26/03/2008
To avoid missing the woods for the trees and to get a clearer picture, let's look at some of the core reasons why businesses opt for Six Sigma project implementations.
For conforming to client or vendor requirements
Businesses, especially those that are already performing quite well, are...
Published: 26/03/2008
Additionally, since it is quite difficult to determine whether or not a Six Sigma project will deliver the desired results, businesses should never put their guard down until and unless the project is up and running.
Explained below are some of the major factors that are often held...
Published: 26/03/2008
Using Six Sigma to improve office processes may be a relatively new phenomenon, but since the success rate of such quality improvement initiatives is high enough, it will not be wrong to proclaim that the future is certainly bright for such implementations.
Here, we look at how Six Sigma...
Published: 26/03/2008
Exceptions will always be there, but if you look closely, you can easily see that the majority of businesses that have successfully implemented Six Sigma have been able to do so because of their continual stress on following a systematic approach while implementing time-tested Six Sigma concepts...
Published: 24/03/2008
To bring about a successful process, the project should be disciplined and defined. Below are three steps that are incorporated for a profitable process:
Establishing the Project Selection Steering Committee
Every Project Selection Steering Committee should be made up of managers who have...
Published: 24/03/2008
How Does The Theory Of Constraints Relate To Six Sigma?
Considering the above definitions and explanations, it may seem that TOC is quite similar to the concepts and procedures deployed in Six Sigma implementation projects, but the fact is that both are quite different from each other. What is...
Published: 24/03/2008
Even though the implementation techniques and tools put into practice by Black Belts could differ, Kaizen is by far the basic methodology used for such purposes. Additionally, it has been observed that principles of Lean Six Sigma are time and again merged with Kaizen concepts for providing...
Published: 19/03/2008
Therefore, the right voice of the customer should be used for driving the right Six Sigma initiatives for cost reductions and strategically focused value enhancements as well as identifying Six Sigma projects and guiding conduct.
Six Sigma and Strategy
According to Six Sigma deployment...
