Posts in category Six Sigma

A Six Sigma control chart is a simple yet powerful tool for evaluating the stability of a process or operation over time. Creating a control chart requires a graph that …

Six Sigma expert and author Tina Agustiady has seen plenty of things – “the good, the bad and the ugly” – in her career that focuses on teaching both university …

The U.S. Armed Forces have become one of biggest proponents of Lean Six Sigma. They’ve taken the methodology out of the manufacturing facility and put it to use in the …

Canadian students are learning legal leadership through Lean Six Sigma

How to identify what adds value in a process and eliminate what does not

When someone mentions marketing these days, they usually don’t mean traditional marketing channels such as television and radio. While those remain a big part of marketing campaigns, the real action …

Greenhouse Nursery Puts Lean into Action, Cutting Tree-Shipping Time in Half

In November 2018, Physician’s Weekly published an article about quality improvement initiatives, and addressed why they can be hard to implement in clinical settings (specifically, according to the article, it’s …

In October 2018, three spinal surgeons published an article detailing how they applied the Plan-Do-Study-Act methodology to the surgeries they performed. All three praised the methodology for offering a systematic, …

At Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., students have taken the tools and techniques learned by becoming Lean Six Sigma Green Belts and applied them to helping local hospitals and health organizations …