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Articles Tagged with ''Six Sigma''

Quality: The Next Generation

THE FUTURE OF QUALITY IS AKIN TO AN UNFINISHED NOVEL.
QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
December 4, 2014

We’re already more than a decade into this new century, and companies are still waiting for the “next big thing” to surface.


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INDUSTRY HEADLINE

Survey: Despite Flat Salaries, Most Quality Professionals Satisfied with Pay

December 2, 2014

Focus on Continuous Improvement

Quality tools remain important no matter what you call them.
Michelle Bangert
Michelle Bangert
December 2, 2014

During the oil embargo, as drivers lined up at gas stations, the market for small cars took off.


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Five Techniques for Reducing Manufacturing WIP: Lean Six Sigma Project Opportunity

Forrest Breyfogle
November 3, 2014

Forrest Breyfogle III discusses five ways to reduce manufacturing work in progress.


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Six Sigma: A Magic Formula?

IS IT A SILVER BULLET OR JUST ANOTHER VEHICLE FOR CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT?
QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
November 3, 2014

With the attention Six Sigma has been receiving, I thought it might be interesting to offer my perspective as someone who worked from the inside of a large organization to launch a major Six Sigma initiative.


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Seven Attributes of a Control Plan for Lean Six Sigma and the Business

Forrest Breyfogle
October 8, 2014

The final step of the Lean Six Sigma process improvement roadmap is control.


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Quality Management for the Future

Old dogs can learn new tricks.
Mark A. Nash
October 2, 2014

Quality cops and the quality patrol. These are just two of the many names quality managers and technicians have been called over the past 70-plus years.


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Quality Profession Must Continue Evolving

QUALITY PROFESSIONALS MUST PLAY A GREATER ROLE IN STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT.
QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
October 2, 2014

Over the past few years I’ve written several articles concerning the transformation of the quality profession.


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Five Tools for Process Improvement and Lean Six Sigma

Forrest Breyfogle
August 4, 2014

By integrating these tools, much can be gained in a business’ process improvement endeavors.


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Speaking of Quality

Searching for the Next Big Thing

The need for improvement will never go out of style
August 4, 2014

Barry Schaffer seemed to trash talk Six Sigma in a recent blog. In May, he wrote a post on CMS Wire titled “Six Sigma Letting You Down?


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