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Is Lean Six Sigma still relevant? In the age of AI and ML, where everything is getting automated, why would any one need an approach will can improve the process.  Yes, mostly processes are set to become automated and that means they are already optimized. Will there at all be a need or scope to […]

If you are beginner to Lean Six Sigma and have very less idea about what is Lean Six Sigma and should you go for it or not, then instead of asking others, here’s a best way. Lean Six Sigma Primer is a 2 hours online course that will give you very good understanding on the […]

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10 Qualities of Voice of Customer (VOC) Interviewers Voice of Customer Interviews are very critical because it is not easy to get quality time from customer to share their views. When such an opportunity culminates, the VOC interviewer has to be effective enough to make the best out of it. Here are 10 qualities that […]

I notice that most people misunderstanding ‘Design Thinking’ for ‘Design of Six Sigma(DFSS)’. The latter is an approach within Six Sigma to develop new products or services. In reality Design Thinking and DFSS are different animals, but not mutually exclusive. Here’s how i see it: Six Sigma offers a systematic way to improve or design […]

Lean Six Sigma Qualification is evolving as a mandatory qualification from good to have in many industries and Pharma is one of them. As a Green Belt you are a specialist and not an expert. Hence having a Green Belt qualification increases your chances of landing in a job of your own domain expertise. If […]

As a Management Consultant, clients expect you to diagnose, analysis and synthesize to solve their problems or help them create new opportunities. Tools of Lean Six Sigma help to challenge and change the status-quo. So there should be no doubt about its relevance to your career. It will  certainly help you in long run. Management […]

Here are my observations based on not just training a few hundred Six Sigma Green Belts across different demographics of geography, industry and age group, but also having mentored them for few months after the training: Retention of a subject like Six Sigma is much less than soft-skills or technical training like software languages. Ability of Green […]

FMEA is performed to refine a solution just before its implementation, or at the beginning of a project; to investigate if there is a possibility for any anomalies or risks arising during the process.  In simple words, FMEA is a plan to lessen or eradicate risks associated with the process or proposed solutions. It is not […]

All processes need a control or management mechanism to ensure that they meet or exceed customer expectations consistently.  Process parameters that go out of control need to be restored back to their normal values. How fast this has to be done depends on the type of process. For a surgeon, he needs to restore parameters […]

Six Sigma Certification gives power to employees to bring true business transformation. This in turn facilitates an enterprise to provide better products & services to its customers. Any enterprise that certifies employees (or professionals) needs to have the necessary infrastructure such as: Six Sigma training curriculum, trainers, improvement projects, experts to mentor projects, certification criteria, etc. […]

Floundering teams – A source of failure for six sigma projects… many can’t believe, but it’s true. Aptly ASQ has included this topic in their SSGB BoK. The meaning of Floundering is to struggle or stagger clumsily as if confused. Floundering often results from a lack of clearly established goals, unclear tasks, discomfort with other […]