Over the past 30 years, numerous businesses in various industries have implemented Six Sigma methodology, allowing them to deliver top-quality service and products while virtually eliminating internal inefficiencies and defects. …
Successfully implementing Six Sigma depends on numerous factors that are not necessarily related to the work itself, such as the company’s culture and the commitment of upper management and project …
It’s rare when popular culture uses Six Sigma principles to entertain the masses. It is rarer still when that entertainment incorporates professional sports. The rarest of the rare is when …
More and more small businesses are recognizing how Six Sigma’s methodologies and tools can benefit them just as much as the big corporations who are implementing multiple Six Sigma projects …
You may be familiar with the urban legend of the time-traveling hipster. It stems from an image that has been circulating on the internet for a few years now. But …
For Six Sigma projects to achieve impressive bottom-line results, they must be accurately defined. Six Sigma projects that are properly defined will typically meet certain criteria: they are approved by …
Project managers understand that improving business results isn’t something that happens naturally – or easily. It is a result of managing key business processes and improving key performance metrics. Six …
Successfully completing a Six Sigma project that helps reduce the variance in a new or existing process is only part of the battle. You also need to make sure that …
A report by the Wall Street Journal on issues that stymie the success of Six Sigma and other process improvement methodologies offered up the story of one aerospace company that …
Being an innovative leader means making tough decisions that can involve prioritizing one competing project over another. Upon first glance, it may seem like various projects would yield similar successes, …
