Kyle Fondren
Jul 31 2012
The “People Side” of Lean-Six Sigma Initiatives
Companies can realize significant, measureable results, by reducing variability and eliminating waste in their processes through Lean-Six Sigma initiatives. Change is implemented to help meet the company’s strategic objectives, but the success of any process improvement or design effort hinges on maintaining a focus on managing the change appropriately. Effective organizational change management in a Lean or Six Sigma project greatly increases the probability of success. While this concept is critical, it is not revolutionary. Change management is mentioned in many of the Six Sigma and Lean reference materials, though sporadically. This blog provides an introduction to an attached white paper, titled The “People Side” of Lean-Six Sigma Initiatives. The white paper highlights the critical change management activities within the Lean-Six Sigma methodology, while emphasizing the necessity of incorporating change management
Jul 23 2012
The People behind the Foundations of Six Sigma Part 2 of 2
Many references track the beginning of formal use of the Six Sigma quality approach back to the mid 1990’s. It was at this point that more formality was put around this approach to quality, including the inception of the DMAIC method. Though the formal inception wasn’t until approximately 1995, the focus on quality began long before. It is important to recognize some of the key founders of Six Sigma to understand how the approach to quality that we use regularly today was born. This is the second blog in a series. During my first blog, I introduced you to Dr. Walter A. Shewhart, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, and Dr. Joseph M. Juran. I will continue highlighting a few of the major contributors.
Philip B. Crosby (1928-2001)
Jul 11 2012
The People behind the Foundations of Six Sigma Part 1 of 2
Many references track the beginning of formal use of the Six Sigma quality approach back to the mid 1990’s. It was at this point that more formality was put around this approach to quality, including the inception of the DMAIC method. Though the formal inception wasn’t until the late 1980’s at Motorola, focus on quality began long before. It is important to recognize some of the key founders of Six Sigma to understand how the approach to quality that we use regularly today was born. During this blog series, I will be highlighting a few of the major contributors.
Dr. Walter A. Shewhart (1891-1967)
Jun 26 2012
Process Power Tools - Developing the Strategic Roadmap
This series entitled ‘Process Power Tools’ has introduced you to some of the most useful tools to leverage throughout the stages of a process engineering project using the CapTech Process Engineering Methodology. This blog is the final in the series of five, which began with an introduction to The CapTech Way for Process Engineering, and highlighted typical tools to use in each stage.
Jun 22 2012
Process Power Tools – Conducting a Gap Analysis while Modeling the Future State
This series entitled ‘Process Power Tools’ will introduce you to some of the most useful tools to leverage throughout the stages of a process engineering project using the CapTech Process Engineering Methodology. This blog is the fourth in the series of five, which began an introduction to The CapTech Way for Process Engineering, and highlights typical tools to use in each stage. We will conclude the series with one additional blog to detail the Strategic Roadmap.