Documents tagged 'Sigma'
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...
Published: 19/03/2008
However, that should not cast doubt on the effectiveness of Six Sigma - because the truth is that there are many instances where this process has proved its worth in the non-corporate business domains. For better understanding, let's discuss the above proposition with the help of a case study.
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Published: 19/03/2008
The experts may have been proven wrong, but we cannot afford to ignore their doubts - because deploying Six Sigma in small businesses is a challenging task that needs to be handled with extreme care. It is quite natural for them to express doubts because if we look at the big picture, we can...
Published: 17/03/2008
Understanding the basic philosophy is important because it is only then will you be able to understand the real need, meaning and purpose of Six Sigma implementations. To get a clearer picture, let's look at some of the most prominent similarities between Six Sigma implementations and motorcycle...
Published: 17/03/2008
Considering these factors, professionals like Green Belts and Black Belts must be experienced and well trained for assuring successful deployment of Six Sigma. Although the sponsors, Champions, and Master Black Belts have the right to determine the overall strategy of the Six Sigma program, it is...
Published: 17/03/2008
This is being done mainly to minimize the negativities as well to optimize the possibilities brought about by globalization. Such initiatives no doubt offer huge benefits, but they have also created new challenges for businesses, especially for those that are in the process of improving quality...
Published: 17/03/2008
Many businesses have now been successful in executing Lean Sigma in sales and gaining benefits that have been obvious only in case of organizational processes and functions.
In addition, success stories of innovators and industry leaders prove that this methodology is not only effective but...
Published: 11/03/2008
CEOs and board members of companies that are planning to implement Six Sigma for the first time should not retain any doubts in their minds. Over the last few years, Six Sigma has proven itself to be quite effective in managing automated IT processes across almost all business domains.
For a...
Published: 11/03/2008
CMMI can be used in order to achieve a common objective, such as be a software product, maintenance or upgrade. It is implemented mostly in the IT (Information technology) industry where the work environment is characterized by several ongoing projects running at the same time. Since all the...
Published: 11/03/2008
The deployment however is not an easy task because, in most companies, there is a huge communications gap between people who actually run the business and people who might be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying the desired IT systems.
What this implies is that if the people...
