In this post, Dr. Barry Shore of the University of New Hampshire and Six Sigma Global Institute (SSGI), discusses the concept and benefits of Kanban. Kanban is a simple concept that can be very beneficial in process control. Kanban is a chart with columns representing the stages in a process and down each column in…
According to the Six Sigma Global Institute (SSGI), a leader in Lean Six Sigma education and certification, the Boeing 737 Max 8 disaster is a classic example of how organizations risk the consequences of poor quality, referred to in Lean Six Sigma as the Cost of Poor Quality or COPQ. Over a period of less…
The DMAIC framework focuses on five stages: Define Measure Analyze Improve Control However, there is one stage which, if neglected, can sabotage the entire project. Regardless of how much money and time is allocated to the project, this one stage can lead to project failure. Here is an example. An online retail company had been…