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Lean-An Overview


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Role of Communication and Selection Criteria in Black Belt


Black Belt Role Defines the role of Six Sigma Black Belt Holder A Black Belt’s primary role is to help the Green Belt and Six Sigma teams to deliver successful project. Black Belt needs to handle obstacles and help the … Continue reading

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Force Field Analysis


Conceived by Kurt Lewin. The thought – “An issue is held in balance by interaction of two opposing sets of forces – those that seek to promote change and those that seek to maintain status qu”   Forces that seek … Continue reading

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Six Sigma Course Material


Dear Readers, Thanks for your overwhelming response related to my articles on Six Sigma, I want to share course material related to Lean & Six Sigma which I have prepared. It consists of. 1. Complete Black Belt course of Lean … Continue reading

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Growing Your Business the Six Sigma Way


As a manager or executive at a small business, “Six Sigma” is probably not on your to-do list. Yet this proven methodology for quality improvement, developed at Motorola in the early 1980s and popularized by General Electric, provides a powerful … Continue reading

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Statistical Process Control (SPC)


Introduction and Background The concepts of Statistical Process Control (SPC) were initially developed by Dr. Walter Shewhart of Bell Laboratories in the 1920’s, and were expanded upon by Dr. W. Edwards Deming, who introduced SPC to Japanese industry after WWII. After early successful … Continue reading

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RISK MANAGEMENT


To understand risk management, let us first understand what is a risk and what is not a risk? Consider the following statement, “I run a risk of collision when I drive on a crowded street as my brake pads are … Continue reading

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System Diagrams


Introduction System Dynamics is the study of the behavior of complex systems – seeking to understand the web of relationships between activities and to identify the linkage between cause and effect. System Diagrams are models used to visually express the dynamic forces acting … Continue reading

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What is 5S in Six Sigma?


The 5S methodology focuses upon the effective organisation and standardization of workplace processes. To summarize 5S simplifies your workplace environments and assists with the reduction of wastage and other forms of non-value adding activities whilst improving quality, effectiveness, process efficiency … Continue reading

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6 unexpected ways Six Sigma can benefit your company


Six Sigma is a management methodology which allows companies to use data to eliminate defects in any process. For a process to have achieved Six Sigma, a process must not produce a defect – that is anything outside of customer … Continue reading

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