Six Sigma

More than a Plaque on the Wall: How Accredition of Belts gives Business Benefits
Why should you consider accrediting Belts formally through assessment and certification? A certificate recognising the competence of an individual as a Black or Green Belt is more than just a plaque on the wall. The process of accreditation offers a number of very important benefits not only for the project leader (the Belt), but for the business and for its Six Sigma deployment. Full article

The Maturing Six Sigma Organization: Train the Trainer
After around 18 months of Six Sigma deployment, typically after the second or third waves of projects, organizations come to appreciate the need to develop an independence from external consultancy support. The Maturing Six Sigma Organization: Train the Trainer describes a rigorous, phased approach to developing in-house expertise to further train Belts, launch more projects and win even more benefits from Six Sigma process improvement. Full article

Don't Forget the Softer Side of Six Sigma!
People don’t like doing things differently; they don’t like change. It turns out that in delivering a Six Sigma project that the soft stuff is the hard stuff! Statistics alone will not create world-class organizations. Just as the DMAICT methodology provides a rigorous framework for conducting process and data analysis, the same rigour needs to be applied to the management of change. Without appropriate consideration of the softer side of Six Sigma, many companies will achieve only short-lived benefits. Full article

Can We Trust the Data?
As all organizations strive to improve their processes they will find the foundations of success are driven by the acquisition of good reliable data. Measurement System Analysis (which includes Gauge Repeatability and Reproducibility) assesses the integrity of the data obtained from our measurement systems, allowing us to determine whether we can confidently use the data for the purposes of process control or improvement. Full article