How DMAIC Helped a Small Company Increase Total Annual Sales by Nearly $250,000
There are plenty of available case studies when it comes to how large corporations have integrated Six Sigma methodologies into their organizations. Less attention has been paid to the smaller and...
View ArticleHow Utilizing the Full Six Sigma Process Helped Turn Wipro Into a Global IT...
In the 1980s, Wipro made the leap from being primarily known as a vegetable oil company in India into the world of IT. In order to be a competitor in this industry on a global scale, Wipro would need...
View ArticleLean Six Sigma Saves U.S. Army Test Center Millions
By employing Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma methodologies, the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Test Center was able to improve the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of its vehicle maintenance operations. Six...
View ArticleHow Listening to the Voice of the Customer Led to a Significant Drop in...
In the emergency department of a hospital, the amount of wait time is of huge importance to the patient as well as the staff. Using Six Sigma methodology, the nurse director of Providence Hospital in...
View ArticleHow Six Sigma Tools Sharply Decreased Downtime At The Nature Conservancy’s...
The web development team at The Nature Conservancy in Arlington, VA, was able to utilize Lean and Six Sigma tools to close the gap in downtime due to a coding freeze every 45 days. The Nature...
View ArticleHow Six Sigma and Lean Tools Helped Recover Nearly 4 Million Dollars in...
When faced with the news that drug manufacturers of cancer medication were responsible for causing a massive amount of financial waste, the oncology department at UCSD utilized Six Sigma and Lean tools...
View ArticleHow the Six Sigma Voice of the Customer and DMAIC Tools Brought the Two Sides...
With the formation of a joint venture between the original healthcare organization laboratory, Sonora Lab, and the larger Quest Diagnostics, a partnership existed in name only. Both labs went about...
View ArticleHow Canon Business Process Services Uses Six Sigma to Optimize Business...
Everyone knows Canon as a massive corporation that manufactures cameras, printers, scanners, and a variety of other quality goods. Less known by the consumer market is the role Canon plays in helping...
View ArticleHow Six Sigma and the DMAIC Process Made Samsung Into an Industry Leader
With strategic implementation, Six Sigma can do wonders for an organization. The methodology can drastically improve processes, cut down on waste, and even help provide better results in the design and...
View ArticleDMAIC Helps Miami-Dade Public Library Improve Services and Save Money
In 2018, the Miami-Dade Public Library System utilized Six Sigma methodology to improve upon the time needed for the transporting of library materials. The utilization of Six Sigma to meet the needs of...
View ArticleStarting With a Six Sigma Scorecard Led One Small Company to Significant...
When many think of Six Sigma, they first think of massive corporations utilizing the methodology for quality and process improvement. They do not generally associate it with the mom-and-pop shop down...
View ArticleMotorola Uses Data-Driven Six Sigma Methodology to Improve Production Process
In the early 2000s, Motorola was struggling with defects in its products and a decline in customer satisfaction. In an effort to improve their business processes and regain their competitive edge, they...
View ArticleHow DMAIC and Other Six Sigma Techniques and Tools Helped B & B Ice and Water...
B & B Ice and Water in Port Arthur, Texas, had been a successful company for many years. Despite their success, the organization was finding a number of problems that they could not seem to solve....
View ArticleLittelfuse’s Journey to Operational Excellence: How Six Sigma Processes...
Littelfuse is a manufacturing company that produces electronic products for various industries. The company was facing a problem with its production process, as it was experiencing a high defect rate...
View ArticleHow Starting With a Six Sigma Scorecard Led to Significant Increases in...
When many think of Six Sigma, they first think of massive corporations utilizing the methodology for quality and process improvement. They do not generally associate it with the mom-and-pop shop down...
View ArticleHow DMAIC Led to a Nearly $950,000 Impact on RFR’s Bottom Line
Utilizing Six Sigma tools like DMAIC saved RFR $928,000 in retained sales as well as $10,000 in cost savings and $9,000 in workplace training. RFR Metal Fabrication Was Having Growing Pains RFR Metal...
View ArticleHow Kaizen and Six Sigma Training Led to $40K in Savings
In business, when times get tough, the knee-jerk reaction is to have layoffs. What follows is a remarkable example of one company that decided to make a further investment in its people by getting them...
View ArticleHow the Six Sigma Quality Improvement Process Practically Eliminated False...
In the early 1990s, US West was an organization that was leading the charge in telecommunications. At the time, their buildings were being plagued by disruptive false fire alarms. How it was dealt with...
View ArticleHow DMAIC Helped San Antonio Increase the On-Time Payment of Street...
We all need payment for the work that we do. It is really that simple. If contracted out to do a job by somebody, you need to be able to count on compensation for the work done on that job within a...
View ArticleHow Abbott Utilizes Six Sigma Methodology to Enhance Business Processes
Abbott, a global healthcare company, has successfully employed the Six Sigma methodology to improve various aspects of its business operations. By leveraging this data-driven approach, Abbott has...
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