Posts Tagged ‘process improvement’

Structured organizational improvement efforts often stall out in time.  One reason for this is that these good intended efforts often end up in silos where this work does not have an apparent benefit to the big picture. When undertaking process improvement efforts, organizations need to focus on the business as a whole from a financial [...]

QUESTION: What is the number one reason for Lean Six Sigma programs failing from the following list: lack of management buy-in, lack of quality resources (e.g., Black Belts), lack of tangible results from pilot, lack of effective coaching, or lack of benefit quantification? RESPONSE: Lean Six Sigma and other improvement efforts typically stall out in [...]

Per our discussion, my five book series description on the Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE), which goes below Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard, is described in the following links. I am confident that your organization could benefit a lot from the IEE business management system. Put link to all books and five book series [...]

QUESTION: How do I start a process improvement project in a company that does not promote Six Sigma? RESPONSE: Even if you were able to complete a process improvement project would that effort result in buy-in for more projects or a full long-lasting Lean Six Sigma deployment?  I doubt it. To create long-lasting interest in [...]

QUESTION: What is the difference between conventional quality, total quality, process quality, process performance and process excellence?  Does ISO, Lean Six Sigma, Total Quality Management (TQM),  Deming prize,  European Quality Award (EQA), and Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) have target quality or performance? If quality is the answer, which quality; i.e., total or process [...]