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The success of six sigma benchmarking efforts is dependent on the participation of all the team members, black belt and champion involved. written by Peter Peterka
Your company need not be in the automotive industry to benefit from the principles of the Toyota Production System. Whether you're running a critical care unit, overseeing cross-country trucking operations or opening an art school, you can learn valuable lessons from the Toyota Production System. written by Peter Peterka
Six Sigma and Lean have been used separately in the public sector for years. Companies are now finding the benefits of combining Six Sigma and Lean for a more effective result. This articles explains how to apply Lean Six Sigma within the public sector. written by Peter Peterka
Change management is an indisputable tool for success. The principles of change management are described within this article. Employing all of these principles is required to achieve a positive result. written by Peter Peterka
Lean Six Sigma is used in all branches of the U.S. military. This piece will discuss how Lean Six Sigma was implemented within the U.S. Navy. written by Peter Peterka
Lean Six Sigma has been successfully deployed within the U.S. Armed Forces. This article offers insight into the implementation of Lean Six Sigma within the U.S. Air Force. written by Peter Peterka
Your company need not be in the automotive industry to benefit from the principles of the Toyota Production System. Whether you're running a critical care unit, overseeing cross-country trucking operations or opening an art school, you can learn valuable lessons from the Toyota Production System. written by Peter Peterka
Piggly Wiggly murimuramuda No, they're not your typical cheerleading blurbs, although with Toyota hugging the limelight these days as one of the world's major car producers with stellar growth rates and "can't-be-beat" performance, everyone might as well be cheerleading for the Japanese auto maker. The praises are richly deserved. written by Thomas Gomez
You browse through a handful of Six Sigma books hoping to find a definition for leadership. Chances are you’d be hard pressed to find one unifying definition. Instead, you’ll get a garden variety of definitions that will help you zero in on the true essence of leadership. Given evolving business and manufacturing trends and rapidly changing technologies, leadership has taken on a multi-faceted dimension. The same is true when speaking of leadership in Six Sigma. written by Carl Wright
Many companies struggle with the decision to implement lean manufacturing or six sigma. Some companies choose to implement one improvement initiative and disregard the other. Others choose to implement both under the name "lean six sigma".
written by Vinay Choubey
Six Sigma is a business improvement methodology, originally developed by Motorola to systematically improve processes by eliminating defects. Defects are defined as units that are not members of the intended population. written by Peter Peterka
Kaizen is a proven performance improvement tool. Adopted from modern Japanese manufacturers, like Toyota, Kaizen generates breakthrough improvements quickly, without huge capital investments and/or extensive commitments of employ time. Kaizen is an efficient, effective technique for producing change in manufacturing operations. written by Peter Peterka
5s is another well known business process management principles and quality control certification and has got extensive support in the manufacturing sector. 5S works mostly towards removal of wasteful processes and products within an organization, and has been derived from the Japanese words seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and shitsuke. written by Peter Peterka
The word Kaizen means continuous improvement. Implementation of a quality process does not mean that there is no need for any further improvements of changes. In fact, most quality processes are reviewed at frequent intervals and findings are then implemented as changed processes. This review process which is geared to bring about a positive change in the total process, when done formally with all concerned personnel, is known as a Kaizen Event. written by Peter Peterka
Imagine a river. Then visualize all that the river carries with it. Apart from the water and fish, there are other elements which form the river. Processes are very much like a river. They flow in a natural direction and carry information with them from one point to another. The process of Value Stream Mapping is a by product of the Lean Manufacturing process pioneered by Toyota and the core fundamental is to identify the areas of waste which can be avoided within a manufacturing or office process. written by Peter Peterka
Lean is no longer the propriety process and quality management mantra for manufacturing units. The success of Lean management in manufacturing units was bound to percolate to non-manufacturing processes sooner or later. Though Lean processes have been around for quite some time along with other quality processes such as Six Sigma, the interest in Lean Office has been recent due to the increase in the services sector through out the globe. written by Peter Peterka
A brief discussion of some of the most important of the Six Sigma statistical tools: control charts, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), histograms, pareto charts. written by Peter Peterka
Business Processes are a group of activities which are recurring in nature and contribute significantly to the growth and development of the business. Managing these activities efficiently so that maximum business benefit can be captured is better known as Business Process Management. written by Peter Peterka
Understanding the flood of data Six Sigma produces about your process is critical to your success. You will need the help of a powerful statistical analysis software application.. written by Peter Peterka
To stay competitive in the marketplace a business needs to be cost effective. All businesses run via processes and Business Process Management (BMP) is a technology developed to give businesses the framework in which to manage more effectively the processes that make them tick. written by Peter Peterka
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