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Virtual Training Class Lineup for 2022

We continue to lead the charge for busy professionals seeking to up their game as Lean Six Sigma consultants and practitioners with a lineup of virtual training classes for the remainder of 2022. The November schedule kicked off with a Root Cause Analysis (RCA) virtual training class. The three-day live online course launched November 1st […]

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The Key Customer Metrics You Should be Monitoring

Every business needs constant evaluation to stay on top of their game. As a businessperson, you must pay attention to certain metrics and ensure theyā€™re always at a desired level. Otherwise, you might easily fall behind the competition and lose sales. This article will walk you through some key customer metrics you should continually monitor. […]

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2023 Lean Six Sigma Training Schedule Announcement

We continue to bring the next generation of Six Sigma leaders and experts to the forefront of the industry with the new schedule of 2023 Lean Six Sigma training classes.Ā Scheduled January 2023 locations include Chicago, Dallas, and Miami for White Belt, Yellow Belt, Green Belt, Black Belt, and Master Black Belt courses, in addition to […]

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A Detailed Guide on Total Quality Management

TQM (Total Quality Management) is an integrated approach for organizations to achieve long-term success and excellent customer satisfaction. The TQM approach takes the route of management optimization and enhancement. This methodology involves all members of the organization equally participating in improving processes, products/services, and the culture of the organization and their respective roles. TQM aims […]

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Lean vs Agile: Which Supply Chain Should You Choose?

Lean vs. Agile supply chain: Which is best for your business? Thereā€™s no single answer. It depends on your type of business and unique circumstances. This article will explore both supply chain strategies and explain when choosing each one is ideal. What is a Lean supply chain? A lean supply chain imbibes lean principles to […]

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Lean Supply Chains: Everything You Need to Know

Supply chains are the foundation of modern manufacturing. Every manufacturing business must pay critical attention to its supply chain, ensuring they have all the materials to deliver high-quality products. Running a resilient supply chain can be costly, and companies often seek ways to optimize costs while maintaining productivity. Lean management offers an answer to this […]

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Best Supply Chain Management Software

5 Best Supply Chain Management SoftwareĀ 

Supply chain management (SCM) software is designed to enable businesses to manage the supply chain end-to-end, helping them track and control operations in a seamless manner. The key to the power of SCM software is that they present all information in a centralized place for companies to have a birdā€™s eye view of all operations. […]

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Voice of the Customer: The Questions to Ask

Businesses are often aware of the importance of the voice of the customer. However, asking the right questions is significant to ensure you capture all feedback and requests. The Voice of the Customer can be a significant driver in maintaining brand loyalty, so your customers keep coming back to your brand for your offerings. It […]

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Two Sample T-Hypothesis Test and its importance in Six Sigma

We cannot undermine the contribution of statistics in successful Six Sigma projects. In this article, we will discuss one of the most commonly used statistical tests in the Six Sigma – Two Sample T-Hypothesis Test. The Two-sample T-test compares the average difference between the two groups. It helps us understand if there is some significance […]

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Six Sigma vs Lean: Everything You Need to Know

Lean and Six Sigma are two of the most popular optimization approaches that businesses the world over use to deliver greater value to their customers while also increasing their net profits. However, too many people confuse Six Sigma vs Lean, which is understandable considering how much these approaches have in common. That said, there are […]

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Voice of the Customer

Voice of the Customer and Lean: An Essential Guide

Customer acquisition is but the start of a long journey. Businesses work hard to retain customers considering the higher costs of acquiring new customers. Understanding what your customers need at a particular point in time should be your priority.Ā  Businesses should ask customers what they feel about their products and how they could be improved […]

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Importance of Root Cause Analysis in Healthcare industry

The Healthcare industry underwent a roller coaster journey, especially during the pandemic. The pandemic not only posed trivial challenges to many industries, Healthcare in particular, unveiling many bottleneck situations. As situation gets under control now, it has raised a need for strategic intervention, making sure we are rise aptly to any emergency or dire situation(s). […]

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Know How To Pick A Right Project for DMAIC

DMAIC methodology is one of the most widely used concepts to improve a process or function. It has many uses and applications. It can be used to create business strategies, work-flow, and most importantly conduct and implement Six Sigma projects. If you want to learn about what DMAIC is, how it works, read: DMAIC: Approach […]

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What is Green Manufacturing?

Manufacturing is the foundation of our modern economic system. Large-scale manufacturing has spurred unprecedented levels of financial success and quality of life. Unfortunately, it also comes with massive environmental pollution. Many companies are trying their hand at ā€œgreen manufacturing,ā€ i.e., adopting sustainable practices and leaving a positive environmental footprint. This article will explain what you […]

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Creating a Business Strategy With Six Sigma DMAIC

Six Sigma offers great tools and methodologies under its wing to offer one of the most resourceful ways to make business functions and organizations more effective. Six Sigma revolves around process improvement, understanding what causes faults and defects, and how we can improve and control the effectiveness of the changes made. One of the most […]

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Lean Six Sigma Usage in the Oil and Gas Industry

Overview Lean Six Sigma is a methodology used to improve business functionality and make it more efficient in the process. The main objective of Six Sigma is to implement a process that systematically gets rid of inefficiency and defects. Six Sigma uses a set of quality management methods, using statistical data and creating a special […]

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Lean Six Sigma Principles: Understanding the Core Elements

Lean Six Sigma combines Lean Management and Six Sigma principles to increase operational efficiency. Lean management focuses on eliminating waste, while Six Sigma focuses on reducing process defects to a negligible level. Combining these principles gives you a business that minimizes waste and delivers high-quality products, leading to increased profits and customer satisfaction. This article […]

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Project Management Training

PM4PI (Project Management for Process Improvements) Training Series by 6sigma

Most of us never have the large budgets of time and money of the largest and most publicized projects: those with teams of hundreds or even thousands and multi-million-dollar budgets.  Most of us work on projects with a few to a dozen team members, some or many part-time.  Our budgets are several tens or hundreds […]

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5 Free Process Mapping Tools that Six Sigma Experts Use

Six Sigma is a methodology typically used in the manufacturing industry which aims to improve production and processes and reduce waste. Experts also use process mapping to obtain a visual representation of the workflow and to track the progress of processes. There are several process mapping tools that Six Sigma experts use to improve their […]

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