India Six Sigma Strength Delivers Value

With the potential of a global slowdown increasing, Indian outsourcing firms can leverage their strengths in Six Sigma and cost-effective delivery to differentiate themselves in the marketplace. ...

... "Even in a three-decade-old industry, firms are adding value by reducing average handle times per call by 30% to 40% using Six Sigma standards of efficiency. " ...

Via Knowledge @ Wharton: How Will Indian IT and BPO Firms Cope with a Global Slowdown?

Six Sigma DMAIC Benefits from Simulations

Simulating processes may have a role in increasing the realization of benefits from Six Sigma projects. ...

... "That's because in the Define stage of DMAIC (Define- Measure- Analyze- Improve- Control), Six Sigma experts don't have enough information to quantify the benefits. " ...

Via Reliable Plant: Process simulation

Leverage Information Technology in the Lean Manufacturing Environment

Information technology has role in the lean manufacturing enterprise of the future. ...

... "New competitive threats have emerged in Asia, and ahead-of-the curve manufacturers are leveraging IT not only to help establish partnerships in places like China, but to extract more out of their lean-manufacturing strategies, optimize business processes, enable growth, and learn more about their customers. " ...

Via Wisconsin Technology: Manufacturing IT

SixSigma IT Methods

Maximizing IT goals using Six Sigma will be explored in this discussion. ...

... "During Tom's presentation the potential and risks for applying Six Sigma to IT management will be discussed starting with the basic foundations from Motorola's original ideas and bringing the topic to today's need to apply it outside of manufacturing applications. Several examples from the real world of IT will be presented as good and bad applications of the method. A modification of Six Sigma will be developed to bring it more in tune with IT goals. " ...

Via Association of Information Technology Professionals: IT Methodology

BobGalvin SixSigma Creator Keynotes

Insights on the convergence of IT and buildings. ...

... "Bob Galvin, the legendary former Chairman & CEO of Motorola, and creator of Six Sigma will Keynote at BuilConn. Bob joins Todd Hawthorne (Cisco), Peter Kelly-Detwiler (Constellation) and Anto Budiardjo (Clasma) to provide an inspiring view of the changes and possibilities at the intersection of buildings, IT & energy. " ...

Via Automated Buildings: Bob Galvin Keynotes BuilConn Chicago