Six Sigma Certificate Program

Upcoming information session on Six Sigma certification ...

... "The Office of Continuing Studies at N.C. State University and the Central N.C. Section of the American Society for Quality are sponsoring a Six Sigma certificate-program. An information session will be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 25 ... " ...

Via Winston-Salem Journal: Business Calendar

Six Sigma for Service Companies

Six Sigma can be applied successfully to non-manufacturing, or service firms. The process, the committment, and the passion is the same. The defects are different. ...

... "Six Sigma can be implemented by companies of any type and size. No matter what kind of company you run, the process for implementing Six Sigma is the same. " ...

Via Inc: Ask Bob Galvin

Cisco SixSigma

Training vid ...

SixSigma Best Project of the Year

Cessna employee is recognized for significant achievement on Six Sigma project. ...

... "Shane Cameron was awarded the 2008 Best Project of the Year Award on June 19 in Orlando, Fla. Shane works for Cessna Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Textron Inc., as a Six Sigma Black Belt. ... Shane's idea saved Cessna $10.2 million in one year. " ...

Via Examiner-Enterprise: Cessna

Six Sigma Measurement Systems

Understand how your customers measure success and position your product or service to exceed their expectation in a differentiated way. Be prepared to offer the associated metrics. ...

... "If their company is involved in Six Sigma or other quality-type initiatives, measurement is an integral part of their operations. Your job is to uncover the existing metrics. That means you need to ask about what they track and how they measure results. " ...

Via 4Hoteliers: Value Proposition

Six Sigma Financials

ProcessArc launches Six Sigma training for the financial services sector, offering certification and focusing on roles, such as Green Belt, Black Belt, General Employee and Executive. ...

... "Our goal is to provide better training options for anyone who wants to use the principles of Six Sigma to reduce costs and process risk while optimizing service and revenue for their financial services firms. Those who use our proprietary industry specific training have found that every $1 invested has generated an average return on investment of $650. ProcessArc has delivered Financial Services Six Sigma training in private customized sessions for 4 years. " ...

Via ProcessArc: Financial Services with Six Sigma

Six Sigma Fever Challenges GE

GE may be a victim of its past successes, as it becomes challenging for the current CEO, Immelt, to replicate the stellar performance of the GE of the past, with Jack Welch at the helm, which leveraged Six Sigma for consistent operating efficiencies coupled with growth gains. ...

... "The 40-plus price-to-earnings multiple came from a nutty euphoria generated by recurring Fortune covers, Six-Sigma fever, unnaturally consistent earnings and Welch’s need to publicly front the narrative. " ...

Via Portfolio: Jeff Immelt

Laboratory Six Sigma

Hospital laboratory uses Six Sigma to drive its efficiency initiative. Cycle times for testing are decreasing. ...

... "The lab is also using the principles of Six Sigma, a system meant to help companies eliminate defects that has been embraced by General Electric and other manufacturers. " ...

Via The StarPhoenix: Saskatoon Health Region

Six Sigma Testing Framework

An RFID testing framework is discussed ...

Six Sigma Pilot Approved

County approves investment in Six Sigma improvement. ...

... "Erie County Control Board's finance committee making recommendations to approve $120,000 for a pilot version of the Six Sigma program. " ...

Via WBEN: Pilot Six Sigma Recommended

SAP cProjects Six Sigma Project Support

SAP implements functional enhancements to its latest version of cProjects, V 4.5. ...

... "With cProjects 4.5, Six Sigma improvement projects can also be mapped efficiently. For this, the solution offers the corresponding project roles and the option of flexibly defining project key figures and tracking these in reporting. " ...

Via SAP INFO: cProjects 4.5

Villanova Six Sigma Program Expands

Villanova U extends its online Six Sigma programs to expand their reach across the professional ranks. ...

... "Villanova has specially designed four Six Sigma programs -- three that reveal how the methodology can be applied in healthcare, financial services and information technology, plus a general program with examples and case studies from a number of other industries. Each master certificate program features a panel of seasoned experts who guide participants through a specialized Green Belt course as well as Lean Six Sigma and Black Belt courses. " ...

Via University Alliance: Online Six Sigma Program

Six Sigma DMADV for Business Process Improvements

Six Sigma methodology can become your foundation for improvement of business processes. DMAIC or DMADV framework can provide the steps necessary to define opportunities, create change, and drive adoption. As companies implement and upgrade ERP systems, the improvement of business process is necessary to create value from the investment. ...

... "It not only provides the framework for setting up new business processes, but also for redesigning processes that have reached their inherent performance limits. The DMADV model includes the project phases of define, measure, analyze, design, and verify. " ...

Via SAP INFO: BPI, Improving Business Processes

Six Sigma Financials

Six Sigma project teams must build a budget and refine it as the opportunity proceeds through the DMAIC gates. ...

... "This approach seems to be carried over in to Six Sigma projects. Projects are drawing members in the company and setting up cross-functional teams. " ...

Via Purchasing: Accurate Budgeting

Six Sigma Process Control Data Collection

Data collection presentation collateral ...

3M Lean Six Sigma Discussion

Upcoming local ASQ event ...

... "Ratzlaff will speak on Six Sigma. Steve Zylka from DynAmerica will be continuing a discussion of the Five Core Tools, this month with APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning). " ...

Via The Star Press: Business Events

Process Excellence with Six Sigma Discipline

IDS Scheer and Minitab will partner to integrated their solutions to enable Six Sigma methodology to visualize and enhance enterprise operational performance. ...

... "Customers need BPM to constantly align their processes with business needs. ARIS Six Sigma combines IDS Scheer's proven Business Process Excellence approach and Six Sigma's statistics-driven view. This not only guarantees visibility of the specific reasons for weak points in critical processes, but also enables customers to implement processes for continuous improvement. " ...

Via IDS Scheer AG: Unified Six Sigma Offering for Business Process Excellence

Six Sigma Spoofs Earnings Conference Calls

Here's the wrong way for Six Sigma to elevate to a board-level issue ...

... "Mr. Herrick's questions are usually narrowly focused on details of a company's results from well-known cost-savings techniques such as lean management and Six Sigma, or else supply-chain issues. " ...

Via Wall Street Journal: Hoaxer

CMM Six Sigma Integration

It is possible to integrate Six Sigma and CMM together. Scenarios for doing this are discussed, which range from sequential implementation to fully integrated. Both frameworks can be complementary if implemented correctly. ...

... "For instance, Six Sigma may lead the organization to deploy particular CMMI process areas, and it may dictate a lean process infrastructure. The CMMI may lead the organization to quickly identify critical process factors as well as opportunities against which to apply the Six Sigma frameworks. " ...

Via InformIT: Integrating CMMI and Six Sigma

Six Sigma Workshop

... "Kellogg Community College will offer a Six Sigma workshop from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at its Regional Manufacturing and Technology Center, 405 Hill Brady Road. " ...

Via Battle Creek Enquirer: Notes

Six Sigma Medical Cure

Boston area hospitals see benefits from Six Sigma process improvements. ...

... "Under a new scheduling system, all patients who required anesthesia are booked together, and an anesthesiologist was assigned to those hours. Patient volume went from 29 a day to 39 a day, without adding hours of operation. " ...

Via The Boston Globe: New medicine for hospitals

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?

Textron CEO Sees Six Sigma Benefits

Textron CEO Lewis Campbell believes in Six Sigma as the route to becoming a premiere multi-industry company. ...

... "Even though Cessna has been producing planes for 89 years and jets since 1972, they recently took 17% of the labor hours out of their single-piston aircraft. That's a big number. " ...

Via USAToday: Textron CEO

Six Sigma Master BlackBelt

Uwe on Six Sigma ...

Vought Lean Operating System

Vought CEO works to transform his company through lean manufacturing practices, focusing on the company culture with training programs. ...

... "Vought is implementing lean manufacturing practices on many programs as fast as workers can be trained and new tooling and machinery put into place. Key managers and engineers have been trained in Six Sigma ... " ...

Via Star Telegram: Vought Improves

Vought Aircraft Industries is one of the world's largest independent suppliers of aerostructures. Headquartered in Dallas, the company designs and manufactures major airframe structures such as wings, fuselage subassemblies, empennages, nacelles and other components for prime manufacturers of aircraft.

Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Course Starts February

Forsyth Tech offers Six Sigma Black Belt certification starting in February. ...

... "the college's corporate and continuing education is offering a Six Sigma Black Belt Certification Program. Successful completion of this 105-hour program provides a black-belt certification from Forsyth Tech and QMA Inc. " ...

Via Winston-Salem Journal: Business Calendar

Six Sigma Public Service

Chris Collins discusses Six Sigma. ...

Executive Overview on Six Sigma

Upcoming event at North Carolina State on the Six Sigma methodology using case studies. ...

... "SIX SIGMA EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW: offered by N.C. State University, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 9 ... " ...

Via Observer: Event Calendar

CIO Six Sigma Talent Development

Cummins CIO uses Six Sigma in the war for technology talent, developing managers for future roles. ...

... "Farnsley decided to bring her training in Six Sigma process improvement to the task of identifying and developing employees with potential to move into IT management ... " ...

Via Information Week: Cummins Six Sigma for Tech Managers

Cummins Six Sigma CEO Recognized

Chief executive officer is recognize for his implementation and support of Six Sigma. ...

... "Tim Solso, chairman and chief executive officer of Cummins Inc., who won The Six Sigma CEO of the Year Award. " ...

Via The Global Six Sigma Awards: Cummins CEO wins Six Sigma CEO

Dow Chemical Six Sigma Assignment Discussed

Dow Chemical intern discusses her assignments, which include working with Six Sigma team to organize project collateral. ...

The Six Sigma Police See Savings Potential

Six Sigma discipline often requires policing. In this situation, the police are using Six Sigma to do the policing ... for operational efficiencies in their processes. They see potential benefits in cycle time reduction for the booking process. ...

... "The Mesa Police Department is one of four agencies nationwide that are participating in a pilot program of Six Sigma in police departments, said Mesa police Sgt. Kathy Kirkham ... " ...

Via EastValleyTribune: Mesa police

Six Sigma Growth Checklist

Checklist for growing your business includes Six Sigma checklist. ...

... "Entrepreneur suggests that you rate yourself with this checklist based on questions developed by General Electric's Six Sigma black belts. " ...

Via Gazette: Business growth

3M Six Sigma Role in Innovation

3M's CEO emphasizes Six Sigma where it can have the greatest impact, in transactional business processes. He has also scaled back the methodology in research and development, using it appropriately. There is a role for Design for Six Sigma techniques in the innovation process. 3M is a powerhouse of research and is a source of good insights and best practices in the innovation space. ...

... "The key is to selectively use what makes sense in R&D, but not let Six Sigma become the end. For instance, we use (Six Sigma) design of experiments routinely in basic research ... " ...

Via Design News: 3M Innovation Engine

Six Sigma Performance Program Provides Quality of Service Guarantee

TagSYS and IBM collaborate to support pharmaceutical e-pedigree. TagSys brings Six Sigma quality to the table with guaranteed quality of service. ...

... "TAGSYS will provide customers with the same expertise and architecture used in its Six Sigma Performance Program, a quality-of-service program that guarantees fewer than four failures in one million read opportunities. " ...

Via IBM: IBM and TAGSYS Team on Serialization Pilot Kit for Pharmaceutical Manufacturers

Six Sigma Online Course

Here is a Six Sigma online tutorial. Interesting computerized voice. ...

Six Sigma in Public Service

Politician leverages his Six Sigma experience for the public good. ...

... "The Clarence Republican says Six Sigma is a way of mapping processes, to identify mistakes, and make corrections. " ...

Via WNED: Collins on Six Sigma

Six Sigma Project Tools Upgraded

Minitab has upgraded its Quality Companion tool, a Six Sigma DMAIC process enabler, and is offering web seminars to educate its user base and prospective users. ...

... "Quality Companion by Minitab provides the organization, tools and guidance for completing Six Sigma and other quality improvement projects. " ...

Via Minitab: Quality Companion Tools Overview

Six Sigma Internship Provides Insights at Grainger

Intern at Grainger shares experiences from Grainger which included survey on the company's Six Sigma performance management system. ...

Six Sigma Directed Pharmaceuticals

Eli Lilly exec sees Six Sigma as an enabler to improved pharmaceuticals. ...

... "Six Sigma, she said, is working on ways to tailor drugs to specific patients to maximize the benefits of drugs for all patients. " ...

Via Trading Markets: Eli Lilly Six Sigma

Jack Welch on Six Sigma Customer-focused Company

Jack Welch offers his perspective on how Six Sigma will make the enterprise more customer focused. ...