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Six Sigma Quality is a popular approach to process improvement, particularly among technology driven companies such as Allied
Signal, General Electric, Kodak and Texas Instruments. Its objective is to reduce output variability through process improvement,
and/or to increase customer specification limits (...)
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Six Sigma Quality is a popular approach to process improvement, particularly among technology
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2000-06-13
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Paying skilled professionals to massage, scrub, and manipulate data is a huge waste of valuable resources. And while having
clean data is essential to driving Six Sigma projects, the act of getting that data adds absolutely no business value. That’s
why organizations that focus first on making accurate (...)
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Freeing Six Sigma from the “Data Shuffle”. ... Download <strong>Freeing
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Published:
2010-03-11
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Enabling lean manufacturing and six sigma principles to improve operations requires a nontraditional approach. The old idea
that lean manufacturing and six sigma principles don’t require IT isn’t valid anymore. Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
and supply chain management (SCM) applications are crit (...)
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Enabling lean manufacturing and six sigma principles to improve operations requires a nontraditional
approach. The old idea that lean manufacturin... ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Six Sigma for IT Service Level Management. Browse Free IT Reports on Six Sigma for IT Service Level Management. Industry analysts,
Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), recently conducted research to understand how widespread the acceptance of Six Sigma
is for managing IT service quality. This research, (...)
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Six Sigma for IT Service Level Management. Browse Free IT Reports on Six
Sigma for IT Service Level Management. Industry analysts, Enterprise Manag...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Business process management (BPM) and process improvement support the management and continuous improvement of business processes,
both cross-departmental and enterprise-wide. How can you empower the transformation to lean and manage business operations
in the various stages of its transformation, and ma (...)
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Sustainable Lean Six Sigma Transformation through Cordys. ... Learn about
a BPM solution that employs lean Six Sigma for faster process improvements. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Abstract:
Six Sigma Quality is a popular approach to process improvement, particularly among technology driven companies such as Allied
Signal, General Electric, Kodak and Texas Instruments. Its objective is to reduce output variability through process improvement,
and/or to increase customer specification limits (...)
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six sigma:
Six Sigma Quality is a popular approach to process improvement, particularly among technology
driven companies such as Allied Signal, General Elec... ...
Published:
2000-06-13
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Most people recognize that a robust control phase is the key practice separating Six Sigma from other process control methodologies.
Unfortunately, many Six Sigma programs do not practice a robust control phase—with the result that old habits take over, and
improvements gradually degrade. Worse, nobody (...)
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Most people recognize that a robust control phase is the key practice separating Six Sigma
from other process control methodologies. Unfortunately... ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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The past year has taught executives everywhere that business will never again be “business as usual.” Manufacturers, in particular,
must focus more than ever on satisfying customers while removing waste and unnecessary costs from their organizations. And
they need to do so faster and better than thei (...)
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Bridging the Lean Performance Gap: How Manufacturers Can Achieve Real Lean and Real Results. Source: Infor. Document Type:
White Paper ...
Published:
2010-11-29
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Many competitive businesses are implementing “lean” initiatives to expose and attack waste and setting goals for continuous
improvement through Six Sigma principles. Consensus is growing that technology is key for successful lean initiatives. This
white paper defines addresses the impact lean initiat (...)
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... businesses are implementing “lean” initiatives to expose and attack waste and setting goals for continuous
improvement through Six Sigma principles. ...
Published:
2011-03-25
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Over the past 30–40 years, manufacturers have made dramatic leaps in improving their businesses by using lean manufacturing
and Six Sigma techniques. The systems these businesses use, however, have changed relatively little in comparison. The ERP
systems manufacturing companies rely on to run their bus (...)
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Over the past 30–40 years, manufacturers have made dramatic leaps in improving their businesses by using lean manufacturing
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Published:
2010-03-11
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Industrial equipment manufacturers (IEMs) have been hit especially hard by today’s economy. But the industry has come back
better than ever before by adopting new efficient manufacturing methods and new software and business processes that let them
compete head-on, satisfying customer demands while red (...)
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Winning Strategies for Industrial Equipment Manufacturing. Source: Microsoft. Document Type: White Paper Description: Industrial
equipment ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Looking for a supply chain management (SCM) strategy that will give you a competitive advantage and ensure that projects
yield results? Want to make sure that your SCM solution will allow continuous improvements? Already using six sigma and lean
thinking practices, but want a way to bring them together a (...)
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... improvements? Already using six sigma and lean thinking practices,
but want a way to bring them together and maximize their functions? Find ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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... In my opinion, Mr.Kerber should have mentioned the benefits of using Six Sigma
methodology and statistical data because it helps management drive lean concepts ...
Published:
2009-09-09
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As a Lean Six Sigma service company, third-party logistics (3PL) provider Transplace emphasizes eliminating waste, simplifying
processes, and demonstrating continuous improvement. Those values were on display when the company replaced a host of manual
document management processes with a modern workflow (...)
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As a Lean Six Sigma service company, third-party logistics (3PL) provider Transplace emphasizes
eliminating waste, simplifying processes, and demo... ...
Published:
2010-03-23
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... investing in people (training existing employees rather than hiring new personnel), and implementing
lean tools (Theory of Constraints, Six Sigma, and value ...
Published:
2009-09-23
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Today’s manufacturing environment requires a relentless drive for cost reduction and efficiency gains. Initiatives like lean
and six sigma can bring sustainable improvements. To make these initiatives work, you need to base operational decisions on
data rather than intuition and experience. But is your (...)
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... gains. Initiatives like lean and six sigma can bri... ...
Initiatives like lean and six sigma can bring sustainable improvements. To ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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The Business Value of Business Service Management. Browse & Download Free IT White Papers on Business Value of Business
Service Management. As more business processes exist in an electronic universe, the need to manage the IT services that enable
these processes increases. Business service management (...)
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The Business Value of Business Service Management. Browse & Download Free IT White Papers on Business Value of Business
Service Management. As ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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10 Ways to Sell Upper Management on a Network Upgrade. Find Free IT Guides, Case Studies, and Other Resources Linked to the
Upper Management on a Network Upgrade There are many legitimate reasons for upgrading your company’s enterprise network. The
trick is selling those reasons to the executives holdin (...)
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10 Ways to Sell Upper Management on a Network Upgrade. Find Free IT Guides, Case Studies, and Other Resources Linked to the
Upper Management on a N...
Published:
2010-03-11
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10 Ways to Sell Upper Management on a Network Upgrade. Find Free IT Guides, Case Studies, and Other Resources Linked to the
Upper Management on a Network Upgrade There are many legitimate reasons for upgrading your company’s enterprise network. The
trick is selling those reasons to the executives holdin (...)
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10 Ways to Sell Upper Management on a Network Upgrade. Find Free IT Guides, Case Studies, and Other Resources Linked to the
Upper Management on a N...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Kanban—the Japanese term for physical or visual signs that trigger replenishment, which can be a useful part of lean
manufacturing—is not a good fit in some situations. Alternatives to kanban can also eliminate waste in lean production
by addressing inventory, materials, and replenishment pro (...)
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Implementing Kanban Alternatives in Lean Manufacturing. Source: Consona. Document Type: White Paper Description: Kanban—the
Japanese ...
Published:
2010-03-11