Make haste, Eliminate Waste!
Lean manufacturing requires identification of wastages.Only after wastages are identified that they can be eliminated from the processes. Henry Ford famously said that one of the most difficult things...
View ArticleRobots, Fast food and Inefficiencies:
Waste of time and materials can be minimized by identifying areas where duplication of efforts is taking place. Duplication of efforts can be understood from this example: where the task can be...
View ArticleHow to make the individual employee more efficient?
The principles of Six Sigma can be used by individual employees to enhance their productivity.Organizations should encourage employees to apply the principles of Six Sigma in their work life. Often...
View ArticleCars, Ford and Six Sigma
The automobile industry has been among the first industries to have recognized the importance of Six Sigma. The philosophy of continuous improvement, that underlines Six Sigma, has become the guiding...
View ArticleSix Sigma, a matter of life & death
Six Sigma is about improving quality continuously by eliminating defects. A six sigma process is one where the probability of defect is just 3.4 per million parts. One industry in which defect in...
View ArticleAvoiding financial disasters with Six Sigma
Operational risks are quite common in the area of financial services. Financial services include everything from banks to various other financial intermediaries. Financial services play a very...
View ArticleWhy do Six Sigma initiatives sometimes fail?
Improvement projects like Six Sigma and Lean manufacturing aim at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of processes used in an organization. These initiatives have brought tremendous gains for...
View ArticleCan Six Sigma Kill Innovation ?
In today’s competitive business environment, innovation has become the biggest source of competitive advantage for many companies. Innovation means coming out with a completely new product or product...
View ArticleSTATISTICAL & MATHEMATICAL MODELING
Mathematical & Statistical modeling are widely used in the industry for various purposes. There usage has been increased drastically in Quality & Analytics domain over a period of time. Now...
View ArticleYou own a business? Why are you scared of Six Sigma and Lean?
Lean and Six Sigma are two ways in which a business can maximize the value created for its owners or shareholders. Lean is about continuously cutting down wastage in the production processes. Wastage...
View ArticleSoftware Quality Assurance Process and Procedures
Software Quality Assurance in simple terms is a quality check on the software developed to make sure that the software meets the quality standards. Software Quality Assurance is an ongoing process in...
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