How to fit 6 Sigma into Your Corporate Culture
They may wonder why this method will prove better than similar attempts that have been tried in the past.
Getting 6 Sigma embraced within your corporate culture is important, and having employees come alongside will make the job of the Belts a lot easier.
Without their support, belts can [...]
FMEA
Introduction of FMEA (Failure mode and effect analysis)
FMEA is a preventative method used to identify potential ways in which a product or
process might not meet expectations. FMEA also aims to determine the effects of potential failures on the performance of the product/service or system. The process of ranking failure modes and causes may also [...]
Substance, Not Hype
Defenders say the current downturn, far from denting 6 Sigma reputation, is enhancing it.
While they acknowledge 6 Sigma did not help them predict and avoid the downturn, they insist no one ever claimed it would.
“You’re dealing with a global economic problem that is a one-in-80-year event,” Keith Sherin, GE’s CFO, told to [...]
6 Sigma Mystique Takes Beating In Downturn
‘SICK SIGMA’
It has always been easy to ridicule 6 Sigma. The name — given by Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Inc, which codified 6 Sigma in the 1980s and trademarked it — is a statistical term, meaningless to lay ears and yet vaguely sinister, perhaps conjuring thoughts of a certain medical [...]
Developed in the 1950s by Japanese companies like Toyota under the tutelage of U.S. Quality guru W. Edwards Deming, the practices now referred to as 6 Sigma were originally just a way of reducing waste and cost on the factory floor, while improving quality, delivery and services.
In the 1970s, U.S. manufacturers began adopting it in [...]
6 Sigma Mystique Takes Beating In Downturn
Why are companies that embraced 6 Sigma – like GM, Caterpillar, and Motorola — doing no better in this downturn than the companies that ignored it?
Companies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars adopting 6 Sigma, the popular business management system inspired by Toyota Motor Corp’s legendary approach to [...]
