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"Just Do It" — Problem Solving Made Easy
May 03 by Diane FranciscoAt Covance, we expect employees to be process managers, problem solvers, and decision makers. One methodology we in the Six Sigma community use and teach is called DMAIC, short for Define, Measure, An...
Why Project Management is Essential to Successful Six Sigma Project Implementation
December 22 by James LewisIt is common knowledge that most organizations run at a three-sigma quality level and that they lose between 20 and 40 cents of every operating dollar to poor quality. The same statistics apply to p...
A Few Thoughts on Six Sigma Change Management
December 01 by Jeff ColeIn a methodology that is jammed with technical aspects such as degrees of freedom, residuals and p-values, it’s easy to get absorbed in the technical side of a process improvement while the human elem...
The Troubled Healthcare Industry and Six Sigma
November 17 by Anantha KollengodeThe healthcare industry is currently facing challenges on many fronts. Escalating costs for rapidly advancing technology and pressure to deliver quality care to more people (baby boomers, uninsured, u...