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Value Stream Mapping And Six Sigma
by tjacowski.Business processes are similar to a river flowing in a natural direction and carrying information from point A to point B. Value Stream Mapping (VSM) is one of the techniques used in Lean Six Sigma for identifying areas of waste that need to be avoi...
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Six Sigma Document Control Issues
by tjacowski.When discussing Six Sigma document control issues it is essential to recognize the effect Six Sigma has on any firms QS/ISO 9000 initiatives. From its inception until today, Six Sigma has evolved and at present is much more than a defect control mech...
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How To Cut Business Costs With Employee Time Tracking Software
by teahupoo."Time" is the key word as it relates to money and software that saves and tracks time, increases efficiency and cuts project costs. Whether a company is small or an enterprise wide corporation, software that assists better time tracking, project time...
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Identifying And Selecting A Six Sigma Consultant
by tjacowski.When tested quality programs such as Six Sigma are implemented the right way, process improvement in a company can result in tangible gains within 3 to 6 months. Employees feel satisfied and ultimately, the shareholders also benefit from the overall...
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Six Sigma For The Non-Manufacturing Sector
by tjacowski.The Six Sigma revolution has systematically taken over various sectors of the industry owing to its methodological process variations of working towards achieving targets and eliminating any defects occurring in them throughout the procedure. Since i...
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Track Projects And Employees
by teahupoo.Critical for managers! Project tracking, cost tracking and time management are critical areas for management. Managers need visibility into the activities of their employees and insight into where they stand with their projects. The best softwar...
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The Six Sigma Mis-Implementation
by tjacowski.Though the benefits of implementing the Six Sigma strategy to a business's processes can lead to far greater successes that could ever have been achieved without it. However, this is only the case when the implementation of Six Sigma has been done pr...
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Communications And Six Sigma
by tjacowski.Implementing new work techniques, strategies, or management systems in business organizations is often a daunting task for managers, as employees usually resist change. This is a fact acknowledged by several modern management theories. As such, any b...
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Six Sigma In Data Warehousing
by tjacowski.The primary reason that corporations introduce Six Sigma into data warehousing boils down to cost reduction. Large corporations are incurring huge expenditures, most of the times running into millions of dollars, which eats into stakeholders' margin,...
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The DMADV Methodology
by tjacowski.DMADV can't be better explained than by comparing it with DMAIC despite their fundamental differences. Take for example, the case of a traveling salesman who convinces a customer to buy at the best price. After invoicing and collecting the shipping d...
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How Much Does Six Sigma Cost?
by tjacowski.Most companies contemplating Six Sigma implementation have most of the costs worked out beforehand. This follows the assumption that taking additional work means involving more people. You either hire people on fee base or recruit them on your payrol...
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Six Sigma Process Simulation And Modeling
by tjacowski.Six Sigma has become a buzzword in industry circles since its introduction in the 1990's. The methodology is based on a disciplined and data driven approach and is used for eliminating defects and achieving near perfection by restricting the number o...
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Where to Find Office Space
by infoserv.If you are a looking for office space in todays day and age you are in luck. With more and more people going into business, the need for office space has never been so much in demand. There are companies renting out entire offices, as well as individ...
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How To Improve Working Capital Management
by bizavings."Cash is the lifeblood of business" is an often repeated maxim amongst financial managers. Working capital management refers to the management of current or short-term assets and short-term liabilities. Components of short-term assets include invento...
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Change Management In Six Sigma
by tjacowski.Change is the only constant thing in the world and businesses are no exception to this universal principle. The aim of change is bringing about continuous improvement in the competitive world through which businesses hope to surpass their competitors...
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Lean Six Sigma Implementation Basics
by tjacowski.Lean Six Sigma methodologies are a combination of standard 6-Sigma quality improvement techniques and lean manufacturing principles that are used for speeding up business processes. 6-Sigma methodologies focus on reducing defects in business processe...
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How To Select A Six Sigma Quality Improvement Project
by tjacowski.Selecting a quality improvement project is pretty similar to selecting any other project in Six Sigma. But identifying the improvement area within your department or within the business will not automatically lead to having the project selected. Not ...
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The "Right" Approach to Running an Organization
by cehoffman.In my last edition of leadership we dealt with selection of leadership style, based on individual and organizational variables. Another way to look at leadership is to consider how it is used. We will now explore the leader's selection of the "right...

5 Laws Of Lean Six Sigma
by tjacowski.Thinking about how Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing work well together despite being distinct, independent and complete tools? The combined principles gel so well that they compliment each other and progress parallels to each other on a well-defined ...
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How To Overcome Six Sigma Controversies
by tjacowski."The more I learn about customer satisfaction, the less I know," the CEO of a Fortune 500 company recently lamented. By the time some companies get to understand their customers' needs fully, it will be too late. Management is often flooded with cust...
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Data Collection Tools In Six Sigma
by tjacowski.You can't imagine being able to organize the enormous amount of data and manipulate them as easily as you would be able to do without data collection tools. Then again, the task is not easily done unless you have selected the right kind of tool appro...
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The Future Is Bright For Six Sigma
by tjacowski.There are arguments raging over efficacy of Six Sigma in all aspects of business processes. Take, for example, the case of billing your customers. If the process is fundamentally defective, where Six Sigma fails to take a strategic and holistic appro...
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Six Sigma Certification
by tjacowski.Many questions arise in the minds of six sigma certification candidates. These questions range from the most strange to the most genuine concerns. There is a compelling need to explain things regarding the exam for the benefit of those who have quest...
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Beginning a Six Sigma Initiative
by tjacowski.You cannot have a project-specific vision when beginning a Six Sigma initiative. It is essential that you develop a perspective with a comprehensive and an all-encompassing viewpoint that reaches out of the scope of the project on hand.Begin the Proj...
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Six Sigma Employee Assessment
by tjacowski.A typical business environment would like all processes to be assessed for improvement possibilities. The competitive business world demands that all business processes be at their peak performance levels at all times to meet challenges. These challe...
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