Project Management Articles
Six Sigma professionals such as Black Belts no doubt contribute a lot towards the success of Six Sigma implementation projects. But since not all Black Belts have the same talents and skills, businesses need to take extra care when selecting Black Belts.
162: Problem Solving With Six Sigma Root Cause Analysis
When faced with a problem, what most of us usually do is rush in to find a solution. Now, this type of knee-jerk reaction may certainly help solve the problem, but since it hardly ever leads to long-term solutions, we need to use an altogether different approach to problem solving.
163: How Managers Can Convince Their Peers to Opt For Six Sigma Implementations
What exactly can managers do to pave the way for Six Sigma implementations? Well, the right thing to do is to market Six Sigma implementation as a profitable business venture.
164: Sustaining Six Sigma Quality Levels
When a Six Sigma quality improvement initiative starts to deliver the desired results, it's usually celebration time for most businesses. However, businesses should exercise a bit more patience - because in the end what really matters is not the initial results, but how well they are sustained further down the line.
165: Essential Tips For Deploying Six Sigma In Mobile Workforces
It is often said that over the years, Six Sigma has adapted well to the needs and requirements of the growing services sector, but if you take a closer look, you can easily notice that the results are far from being uniform.
166: Ensuring Six Sigma Success Through Process Improvement Teams
Six Sigma project implementations certainly have their benefits, but any business organization that aims to derive such benefits first needs to realize the fact that the implementations are a set of complex processes that can be carried out successfully only by specialized process improvement teams.
167: Ensuring Success Of DFSS Projects Through Resource Planning
There are many variables that determine the overall success of Six Sigma projects, but if we were to make a list of the top contributors, Resource Planning would certainly make it to the top.
168: Project Management: Using Economy Plastic First Aid Kits To Stay Safe On Jobsites
There are few things as necessary as keeping you and yours safe in some of the harshest conditions. Anyone can have an accident. As a youngster, we had mom or dad to make everything better, but our parents had a hidden arsenal or hugs, kisses, sympathy, and of course, first aid kits to make everything a-okay.
169: Why Standard Six Sigma Analysis Toolkits Are Losing their Applicability
Complex analysis tools and techniques have always been the mainstay of Six Sigma quality improvement methodologies, but due to recent technological advancements and the rise of new business domains such as IT (Information Technology) and BPO (Business Process Outsourcing), conventional Six Sigma analysis toolkits are slowly losing their applicability.
170: How Simulations Aid Six Sigma Project Executions
It may be quite difficult to count the total number of technological advancements that have taken place since the start of the industrial revolution, but if we were to prepare something like a "top ten list", the recently developed simulation technology would certainly make it on the coveted list.
171: How The Packaging Industry Is Benefiting From Lean Six Sigma
When the term "Lean" is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is often the names of large manufacturing businesses that rely heavily on Lean Six Sigma for achieving their set goals and objectives.
172: Critical Decision Making With Six Sigma Cause & Effects Analysis
Six Sigma has many highly effective quality improvement tools in its arsenal, but if we were to list out the best, the Six Sigma Cause & Effects analysis tool would certainly be worth mentioning. This is simply because the cause & effects analysis tool allows for critical decision making, which forms the backbone of most Six Sigma quality improvement initiatives.
173: 7 Steps To Streamline Every Area of Your Business
For every step you introduce into a process the complexity increases exponentially.
174: Value Stream Analysis - Getting It Right!
Value stream analysis does make it easier for businesses to successfully implement Six Sigma and derive the associated benefits, but the stakeholders - especially the Black Belts - still need to be extremely cautious. This is because if the analysis is not done in the right manner, not much can be said about it's effectiveness during the implementations.
175: What Black Belts Can Learn From Employees
Black Belts who often lead Six Sigma improvement projects no doubt have superior domain knowledge and technical expertise in comparison to the employees.
176: Why Is Six Sigma So Effective?
On the surface, it may seem that the effectiveness of Six Sigma is due to its reliance on scientific tools and techniques, but that is certainly not true - because in reality, Six Sigma is more about following time-tested business practices rather than just crunching statistical data.
177: Using 'Yokoten' To Manage Risks Associated With Six Sigma Implementations
Risk management is an integral part of each and every Six Sigma implementation project and should be done in the prescribed manner in order to achieve the predetermined implementation goals and objectives.
178: Re-engineering Your Business Processes with Six Sigma
Can the process of six sigma help your business processes?
179: Solutions to Managing Six Sigma Effectively
Six Sigma is a proven method for increasing the bottom line within today's business sector.
180: Profiting From Six Sigma Certification
Six Sigma is a proven technique in maximizing the abilities of a company to improve their bottom line through the elimination of defects.
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