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What is Six Sigma?

Six Sigma, created by the Motorola Corporation, is a five-step methodology used to understand customer requirements and to map, analyze, measure and improve processes in order to deliver 99.9997% defect-free products and services, improve cycle time and eliminate non-value added activities.

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Articles

CEO ViewPoint Interview with Joe De Feo CEO of The Juran Institute

Credited with being the pioneers of Quality Management before Six Sigma was even invented and a great expounder of Paretos Rule, we ask some poignant questions with The Juran Institute's CEO to see if they still pack a punch for Companies efficiency and customer relations...

Creating Effective Change

Highly researched article looking at how to implement change, great thanks to Bill Manduca Process Analyst/Six Sigma Black Belt from Northrup Grumman Corporation

CEO ViewPoint Interview with John Goodman of TARP

Inspiring overview of how TARP came about and the opportunities in significantly improving customer satisfaction and therefore the bottom line utilising Six Sigma principles...

A Staffing Journey to Become the Best in Class Using Transactional Lean

Brief outline of how to utilise Lean in staffing requirements and deployment, by Zachary Misko from Kelly OCG

Problem-Solving: Traditional vs Innovative, The Perils of an Over-Experienced Mindset

Another seminal article about how to innovate in our current climate and act positively, a compelling read with good analogues By Dayna Hubenthal and Scott Burr...

CEO 60-Second Interview

Grab a quick view of one of the longest standing Quality companies, Colin Addison, CEO of The Harrington Group…

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Best Practice Presentations

Tools & Techniques to Incorporate in to Lean Six Sigma to support your business Improvement Initiatives

Extenisve workshop on how to deploy effective Change Management. This workshop was expounded at the Lean Six Sigma Business Improvement Summit on the 24th June 2009 by LaMarsh and Associates, Inc

Rate the Current State of Your Company

Use this table to identify possible solutions, the Kaizen way, that may be required in your company, by MetaOps, presented last week at the Lean, Six Sigma and Business Improvement Summit 2009.

Kaizen the Cure or is it Poison?

This workshop was publicly launched on the 23rd June 2009 at the at the Lean, Six Simga and Business Improvement Summit by Ron Crabtree, CPIM, CIRM, CSCP, MLSSBB.

Connecting Your Executive Board with Your Lean Six Sigma Deployment

Latest Presentation Soken just yesterday at the Lean, Six Sigma and Business Improvement Summit 24th June 2009 by Doug Dulin LM MBB, Lean Six Sigma Consulting Group

Lean IT Service Delivery Using a Global Resource Pool

Intensive program to identify which areas need optimising, like time to market and project planning and then working a clear strategy. By Krishna Ratakonda Ph.D Manager, Process Automation Group IBM Research.

Including Customer Value in Lean Six Sigma

Analysis of how to use customer Value to predict profit for innovative new products or services, by Harry E Cook Ph.D.

Structuring a Practical, Layered Software-Development Life-Cycle using the CMMI.

43 page presentation by Gary P. Cort Ph.D, Vice President Software Quality and Corinne A. Cort Ph.D, Director, Global Learning and Talent Management at Research In Motion Limited

Initiating Lean in Healthcare and Quantifying the Savings

Blessing Hospital serves over 400,000 people, this extensive presentation shows how to deploy and measure a Lean project. By Lance Privett Blessing Hospital, Illinois...

Education of DFSS through Industry and University Partnership

Explores how Pratt & Whitney work to deploy their "Acheiving Competitive Excellance" (ACE) program, by Bob Shemenski of Pratt & Whitney.

Lean Product Development

A look at how three key elements reduce waste in product development. By Dr Nathan Soderberg, Design for Six Sigma Product Development Ford Motor Company

TRIZ - The Theory of Inventive problem Solving

Immense 120 page scientific report and analysis looks at the history structure and indepth understanding of contradictions and the application to business. Seminal presentation by Dr Kai Yang Industiral and Manufacturing Engineering Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Simplifying Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and Talioring QFD to your project needs

Straight forward report detailing low cost design strategies that delight the customer by correctly identifying their needs. By Brian J Landsberger from university of Nevada Las Vegas

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5 July 2009

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