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- Manufacturers Go Lean and Green
- Industry Week has released its annual survey of U.S. manufacturers and the results show one thing unequivocally: American manufacturers are going lean. 70% of survey respondents reported lean manufacturing initiatives at their plants. The next most popular improvement methodology, Total Quality Management, was adopted at half that rate. ...
- Blog posts 2007-09-24
- Toyota Sales and Marketing Get Lean
- Toyota is famous for lean manufacturing, but the No. 1 automaker applies the whole lean philosophy way beyond the production floor. Lean is a "knowledge environment," says Nick Dieltsien, who's responsible for strategic planning at Lexus Europe. In an interesting video from Nimbus Consulting (7:06), Dieltsien explains how and why...
- Blog posts 2007-05-25
- Getting the Best Results from Your Advertising Agency
- In order to show themselves in the best light, advertising agencies will make a lot of claims and promises when trying to win new business. Once an agency has been selected, it is important to regularly review agency performance to see that initial promises are being kept, and that the...
- Articles 2007-02-28
- Integrating Improvement Initiatives
- From the executive summary: ‘Six Sigma is an approach to product and process improvement that has gained wide acceptance and has delivered large business benefits across many industries. As application of this framework spreads to software development we must consider how Six Sigma relates to and can be integrated with...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Six Sigma
- Six Sigma is a business strategy towards reducing defects in organizational systems, processes, and products. It entails setting very high objectives, analyzing present results, comparing the same with the benchmark set, and accordingly fine tuning the product, process, or system at hand. The Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control process...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Witness For Six Sigma
- From the executive summary: ‘Six Sigma is a structured continuous improvement program used by many of today's successful companies. Over the years, it has evolved into a statistically oriented approach to process improvement. Six Sigma is a process improvement methodology that focuses on the customer. Like a number of other...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Six Sigma And Total Information Quality Management
- From the executive summary: ‘Six Sigma has gained popularity recently as it has achieved dramatic benefits in organizations that have understood and implemented its rigorous processes. As a measure of quality, Six Sigma refers to six standard deviations and means a process performance of no more than defects per million...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Back To Basics
- From the executive summary: ‘Now that the bull-run party could be coming to an end, and corporate America is bracing for an economic slowdown, many companies are getting back to blocking and tackling. They are focusing on the basics, like quality control, customer service, and good old- fashioned cost cutting....
- White papers 2001-01-03
- Six Sigma Going Beyond Manufacturing
- From the executive summary: ‘Businesses today are standing upon the threshold of a new era in quality. To respond to increasing customer expectations, they must be willing to reinvent and improve themselves on a continuous basis. It is essential that they be adequately prepared for rapid, and sometimes unexpected, change,...
- White papers 2001-03-01
- Got Six Sigma On The Brain
- The Six Sigma boom has taken the corporate world by storm. However, there are still some companies who are debating over its pros and cons. Researches also show divided results. Some companies feel that Six Sigma is the most apt way to streamline processes. On the other hand, some organizations...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- ISO 9000
- From the executive summary: ‘Companies today compete on a global scale. In order to remain competitive, organizations must be able to adapt to corporate climate. One obstacle many companies face today is the ever-increasing standards of quality customers expect from their respective firms. To overcome this obstacle, many organizations have...
- White papers 2001-03-26
- Helping an Energy System Manufacturer Achieve Annual Savings of $100 Million by Using Supply Intelligence
- This case study highlights how an energy system helped the manufacturer achieve annual savings of $100 million by using supply intelligence. Sourcing managers were also unable to translate separate contracts between a supplier and the various operating units to a single leveraged relationship with the vendor. A process-oriented company, with...
- Case studies
- The Philosophy Of Total Quality Management (TQM)
- From the executive summary: ‘The importance of quality to successfully compete in the marketplace is axiomatic. The question facing organizations is not whether to seek ever-higher quality, but how to most efficiently achieve it. Unfortunately, the answer rarely lies in a specific set of techniques or management practices. Organizations, in...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Total Quality Management As A Cultural Phenomenon
- From the executive summary: ‘Total Quality Management TQM is defined as complete implementation of quality management principles and practices. As there is no such thing as a perfect implementation, the research results pertaining to TQM cannot be empirically validated nor do they directly provide any normative guidelines. The point, however,...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Six Sigma And The Bottom Line
- From the executive summary: ‘The ultimate quality award is improved bottom-line profitability. Satisfied customers come back for more and encourage business associates, family and friends to do the same. It is the vote of the customers, not that of an awards committee or certification board, that counts. In today's competitive...
- White papers 2004-09-01
- ISO 9000- 2000: Executive Briefing
- Quality of a product refers to the degree of ‘value' as perceived by the consumer. In the same way, quality of an organizational system or process is the degree of ‘perfection', which is attained by that particular system or process. It is imperative that organizations give due emphasis to the...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- An Introduction To Six Sigma Quality
- Six Sigma is a business strategy towards reducing defects and improving quality of organizational systems, processes, and products. It emphasizes on checking the quality of systems and products at every stage of the production cycle rather than making it a one-time affair at the end. The end result is zero...
- Presentations 2003-01-01
- Six Sigma Software Metrics Maturity
- From the executive summary: ‘Six Sigma brings sharp focus on customer and business requirements and the defects connected with the failure to satisfy them. When Six Sigma was first started, this meant shifting from the common manufacturing ‘yield' metric1, which tracks defective ‘units' to the more detailed view of defect...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The Power of Metrics: Select Dashboard Visuals Using Six Sigma Design Of Experiments
- From the executive summary: ‘The performance management needs of the senior executive are certainly quite different than those for a line-of-business or operations manager. Tailored environments and management at a glance are now the operational mantras of the day. The Six Sigma toolkit includes an optimization technique known as Design...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- The Power Of Metrics: The CPM Dashboard Meets Six Sigma, Part 2
- From the executive summary: ‘Six Sigma has evolved over the last decade in tandem with a full spectrum of definitions of what it is: a metric for performance measurement, an ambitious level set for customer satisfaction, a toolbox of management practices and statistical techniques, and a problem-solving methodology focused on...
- White papers 2003-07-01
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