PPG Lean Six Sigma Process Discussed

PPG Automotive Refinish shares insights on Lean Six Sigma with partners at upcoming seminar. ...

... "PPG will co-facilitate a NACE sponsored Roundtable titled Lean - Understanding the Process. The roundtables will provide a forum to discuss Lean Six Sigma processes in the collision center ... " ...

Via ABRN: PPG TPS Programs

Innovation Six-Sigma Collision Course

Are Six Sigma and innovation in competition with one another? At some companies, yes. However, Six Sigma brings some tools to the innovation table --- the Voice of the Customer, the House of Quality, DFSS, Design of Experiments (DOE), etc. Let's find an equilibrium to leverage the best of both. ...

... "By its very nature, Six Sigma fosters a very low tolerance for risk because risk increases variation. Innovation, on the other hand, seeks to brave undiscovered, uncertain territory. " ...

Via Business Week: Six Sigma at Odds with Innovation?