Six Sigma, a quality-control methodology first developed for manufacturing, is now used by business and organizations of all ...

Downtime, bottlenecks, duplicate steps, work silos, missed opportunities. No matter the cause, they represent wasted money, time and effort. When addressing such challenges, many organizations rely on ...

We read with great interest Chris Costanzo's page 1 article in the Aug. 28 issue, "Celebrated Six Sigma Has Its Critics, Too." As a leading provider of Six Sigma services, we wanted to let you know ...

Asking “Why?” may be a favorite technique of your 3-year-old child in driving you crazy, but it could teach you a valuable Six Sigma quality lesson. The 5 Whys is a technique used in the Analyze phase ...

Many business owners may have heard of and implemented lean production principles - a method for eliminating waste - or Six Sigma, a data-driven approach to eliminating defects, but practitioners ...

With all the fervor of the freshly converted, proponents of Six Sigma and lean manufacturing have frequently clashed over the alleged superiority of one ideology above the other, fighting over ...

A company experiencing organizational inefficiencies requested an overview of the Lean methodology, which culminated with a Value Stream Mapping (VSM) session to examine how work is processed and ...

As we have previously covered on this blog, the primary purpose of Lean Six Sigma (LSS) methodology is to eliminate waste and reduce variation in manufacturing, service and design processes, thus ...

Executives at Caterpillar Inc., a $20 billion manufacturer of construction and earth moving equipment, have recently credited the aggressive adoption of Six Sigma management methods as a major ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Business owners and executives who are curious about how their companies might benefit from the Lean Six Sigma quality program are invited to attend the Lean Six Sigma Executive ...