Six sigma is an innovative way of operating that incorporates a set of strategies that aim to improve the processes conducted within a business. It was originally developed in the early 1980’s and has been a well-received tactic to help save businesses valuable time and money as well as improve processes and overall production tremendously. Many businesses actually seek out employees who have been trained in the…
Mike Wilson | February 20, 2013 | Lean | Lean, Six Sigma
Six Sigma has been around in the U.S. since the mid 1980’s and was originally developed and implemented by the Motorola Company. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with six sigma, it is essentially a set of strategies and tools that are implemented to enhance processes conducted within a business or organization. Six sigma was first developed to assist within the manufacturing realm of businesses…
Mike Wilson | February 18, 2013 | Lean | Lean, Six Sigma
Six sigma training and certification can be achieved through online and offline. There are a number of programs designed to train working professionals and managers to understand the quality systems. Six Sigma involves a process where a refined process is charted out after going through DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) methods. It is a systematic and well defined scientific method. By going through the training…
Mike Wilson | November 27, 2012 | Lean | Lean, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma
Questions always abound over whether safety and quality production can be equated and whether they both deserve similar commitment. Since the conventionalization of the six sigma concept by Motorola in the 1980s much focus has been on creating excellence in business processes while paying minimal or no attention to other supportive elements of business. Workplace safety is as essential as quality production and while one is the…
Mike Wilson | November 6, 2012 | Lean | Safety, Six Sigma, Workplace Safety
The basics of management posit that input will more often than not equal the output. A meager input will result to insignificant yields with no prospects of progress creating a vicious cycle of low productivity. For any business manager to be able to reverse this, an intense and critical examination of all the aspects of the business processes must be carried out to weed out the weak…
Mike Wilson | October 26, 2012 | Lean | Continuous Improvement, Lean, Six Sigma
Six Sigma is a technique of improving the output and performance of a process by identifying and eliminating causes of defects and ultimately finding the new methods to develop the process. The main hindrances to a quality process are the root causes behind all the defects which lead to wastage and low quality output. Six Sigma technique is mainly adopted in large organizations, however, its implementation can…
Mike Wilson | September 21, 2012 | Lean | Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma
What is Industrial Safety? Industrial safety is the most important aspect while designing a factory. Construction architects and engineers of various industries such as process, product and service industries stress on the industrial safety systems and they place it as a centerpiece in their design. Industrial safety practice has evolved gradually over the decades starting from the industrial revolution days of early 19th century. An industrial safety…
Mike Wilson | August 31, 2012 | Safety Products | Floor Signs, Safety, Safety Signs, Six Sigma, Wall Signs
Sometimes, lean and its components can be a little dry and serious–but that doesn’t mean the folks who use it are. I recently discovered a website (started by Lean Blog author, Mark Graban) that has funny lean memes, including humorous 5S, Kaizen, 3 Wastes (Muda, Muri, Mura), Six Sigma and PDCA sayings that go with silly, semi-relevant photos. Some of them are pretty hilarious – using…
Mike Wilson | August 27, 2012 | Safety Solutions | 5S, Kaizen, Six Sigma
The ProcessEX website Our company has recently decided to promote process excellence tools from Dbar Innovations, a Lean Six Sigma consulting firm founded in 1998 who assists “small and large size businesses around the world improve in their business processes and strategies.” On Wednesday, August 15th, 2012, Dbar is releasing what they are touting as one of the “most innovative” process excellence-centered global networks: Introducing ProcessEX-Daily- the…
Mike Wilson | August 14, 2012 | Safety Products | Safety, Six Sigma
With so many business models in the market today it’s often difficult to understand what would be best to incorporate into your operations before it becomes obsolete. Six Sigma, is one to learn and then, to keep around. For over 10 years, the Six Sigma business philosophy has changed the way many Fortune 500’s and other major corporations do their day-to-day. As an extremely technical process many…
Mike Wilson | July 17, 2012 | Lean | Six Sigma
