Six Sigma Telephone Seminars - Training Resources

Product Development Metrics for Manufacturers: Measuring Your Productivity ...tanding of measurement and its place in the organization. Six Sigma and Lean initiatives have facilitated great improvements in corporations without significantly benefiting most marketing, R D and product development organizations. Inventive professionals resist measurement citing that it reduces innovation and invention. R D and product development measurement practices have not changed  more...

Value Engineering Change Proposals in Government Contracting ...duction processes, such as through lean manufacturing and Six Sigma programs, to become more competitive and increase profits. However, few contractors take advantage of a contractual tool, the Value Engineering ('VE') contract clause, which was established specifically to provide increased profits from cost reduction suggestions. Using a Value Engineering Change Proposal ('VECP'), a contractor  more...

Using Failure Mode and Effects Analysis to Reduce Defects, Improve Quality and Make More Money ...n increasingly popular tool that must be mastered by Lean Six Sigma professionals and can be used in every type of organization to reduce defects, improve quality and make more money! n nThis easy tool asks these simple questions: n- What can go wrong? n- Where can it go wrong? n- How bad will it be? n- Can we see it coming? n- Should we try to prevent it? n nIf you can count to 10,  more...

Pitfalls with Lean Implementation ...bark on implementing an improvement initiative like lean, Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma FAIL to get the benefits they should. This wastes time and money, and disenfranchises the workforce. In extreme cases, it can lead to you being out of a job and the outright failure of your organization. Learn the classic reasons for this sad truth, the keys to success, and a practical and simple step-by-step  more...