Corporate Leadership Profile
Vino and Veritas By Jamie Friddle
When Kaj Ahlmann retired from an executive position with GE, he carried the principles of Six
Sigma to his new endeavor - Six Sigma Ranch, Vineyards and Winery in California, USA. Ahlmann and his team have proven that pairing Six Sigma
and winemaking is a good match.
Research
The Effect of the Economy on Six Sigma By Michael Marx
This iSixSigma research explores how Six Sigma companies are responding to the current economic conditions. Are improvement programs on the chopping block, or are organizations seizing the opportunity to refocus efforts on process improvement and customer satisfaction?
"Final Tollgate" Project Example
Applying Six Sigma to Six Sigma By Bryce Currie and Holly Duckworth
Six years into the Six Sigma deployment at TRW Automotive, a team performed a DMAIC project to determine how the process improvement program itself could benefit from continuous process improvement. The project resulted in a monitoring method to report on how each business unit was performing on the critical factors found in the Analyze phase.
The Final Tollgate features a Six Sigma project as it would be presented to a panel of company executives at the final project review. The objectives of such a presentation are to 1) communicate significant results of the project, 2) share highlights of how results were achieved and 3) gain agreement to close the project. The slides are the Black Belts visual presentation and the accompanying text is the verbal presentation. It is assumed that the project leader has been making regular presentations at each tollgate and that the executives in the audience have a basic understanding of Six Sigma. The content for this project was assembled for illustration purposes. It is based on fabricated data from a fictional company. Any similarities to an actual project are coincidental.
Do you have an exemplary Six Sigma project to share? Would you like to see it here? Submit it to us at www.isixsigma.com/submit/.
Strategy
Can You Change Organizational Culture By J. Kenneth Feldman
To be more competitive, many organizations at some point take on the difficult task of changing
their corporate culture. The key to success lies in understanding how culture is shaped.
Methodology
A True Story: The Black Belt and the Magic of Communication By Scott Golmen, Carol Keers and John Underwood
Learning to communicate with clarity, confidence
and passion helped this Black Belt
improve his performance and invigorate a Six
Sigma program.
Product/Service Guide
Electronic Learning
This directory is a reference to help practitioners who are looking for an e-learning source. Those considering enrolling in training should contact providers directly.
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When Kaj Ahlmann retired from an executive position with GE, he carried the principles of Six
Sigma to his new endeavor - Six Sigma Ranch, Vineyards and Winery in California, USA. Ahlmann and his team have proven that pairing Six Sigma
and winemaking is a good match.
