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Why Six Sigma?
The advantages of Six Sigma do not exactly lie in huge cost benefits that can be realized by its implementation. The glaring examples of many corporations having saved billions of dollars are true benefits but the intangible results, such as having met the expectations of customers, and being able to improve employee relations are also [...]
Six Sigma Project Management
Employing Six Sigma for the business environment is for achieving well-defined goals. The project selected for deploying Six Sigma is not self-sustaining and can develop tendencies to get off target following even the slightest let up in its management. The focus of the Six Sigma management committee is to steer the project implementation to meet [...]
ROI and Six Sigma – Improve Your Bottom Line!
Very easily, Six Sigma is your best bet for maximizing return on investment, more so in troubled economic times. However, the success of implementation depends much on its achieved degree of alignment with the problems. Ifs and buts not withstanding, there are stories to support both sides of the issue. First let’s consider the negative [...]
Randomization And Six Sigma
Simplistically speaking, randomization in Six Sigma and any experimentation can be likened to surprise visits which help expose undetected lurking flaws in any place you may want to think of. Sometimes it pays to run random checks, even on highly standardized procedures, which eventually detect factors running over the length of the experiment in an [...]