Posts in category Six Sigma

If you had to carve a Mt. Rushmore for process improvement innovators, which four faces would you put on it? You might have Bill Smith – the Motorola engineer who …

It seems like Six Sigma and profit go hand-in-hand. The methodology was designed around manufacturing, after all.  When you hear terms like Lean or Kanban, you probably think of names …

Those who work in business constantly face challenges with disruptive technology. Big data, the Internet of Things and machine learning are changing approaches to work across almost every industry. For …

A career in the military isn’t like other careers. Day-one orientation isn’t a short video and a packet about health benefits – it’s a weeks-long test of mental and physical …

A recent survey of operational excellence practitioners around the world found that one issue looms far above all others in blocking process improvement: company culture. The Global State of Operational …

Imagine it’s Christmas Eve and you are the parent of child about to receive their first bicycle. The only issue is this: You’ve got one night to put it together. …

Six Sigma is about defect reduction. It’s devoted to creating consistency. With Six Sigma, you’re allowed 3.4 mistakes for every million outcomes you create. That’s not a lot of wiggle room, …

Students at an Indiana college have taken Six Sigma beyond the classroom and put it to use in improving their college campus. At the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre …

The DMAIC is strong with this one. No? Doesn’t quite have the same ring to it? Well, maybe not. But, it seems clear to anyone with both an interest in …

The acronym SIPOC stands for Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs and Customer. Using information from these five areas creates a process map that gives a high-level overview of a Six Sigma project.