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Organizing Six Sigma

Organizing Six Sigma. Christopher J. Zampogna Operations Management 380 Boise State University. What will be covered. The History of Six Sigma Six Sigma Defined Brainstorming Exercise The Six Sigma Roadmap Organizing Six Sigma A Real-World Example An Exercise Summary Reading List

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Organizing Six Sigma

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  1. Organizing Six Sigma Christopher J. Zampogna Operations Management 380 Boise State University

  2. What will be covered • The History of Six Sigma • Six Sigma Defined • Brainstorming Exercise • The Six Sigma Roadmap • Organizing Six Sigma • A Real-World Example • An Exercise • Summary • Reading List • References

  3. The History of Six Sigma • “Six Sigma” originated at Motorola in 1982 • Early adoptors • Allied Signal (Honeywell) • General Electric • Six Sigma management philosophy today • A well-developed, thorough approach to quality improvement • Uses statistics and management by fact • Is effective in manufacturing and services firms

  4. Defining Six Sigma (6) “Six Sigma: A comprehensive and flexible system for achieving, sustaining and maximizing business success. Six sigma is uniquely driven by a close understanding of customer needs, disciplined use of facts, data, and statistical analysis and diligent attention to managing, improving, and reinventing business processes.” - Peter S. Pande6

  5. Defining Six Sigma (6) • The Greek symbol (sigma) refers to the amount of variation in a process around the mean value for that process • Processes have acceptable upper and lower limits • Six Sigma is concerned with reducing the variations to get more output within those limits

  6. Defining Six Sigma (6) • In the chart below, 64.6% of the measures are between the upper and lower limits • This is a 1 process • Reducing the variations in the process will bring a higher percentage within the acceptable limits

  7. The 6 Difference What is the Six Sigma difference ? • one typo per page (3 sigma) vs. one typo per library (6 sigma) • playing golf at a 6 sigma level means missing one putt every 163 years

  8. Brainstorming Exercise:Where are the variations? Identify six processes in your business that have variations in the output. (HINT: manufacturing, purchasing, inventory, forecasting, product design, customer service, accounting...)

  9. The Six Sigma Roadmap • Five steps to implementing Six Sigma9 • Identify core processes and key customers • Define customer requirements • Measure current performance • Prioritize, analyze, implement improvements • Expand and integrate the Six Sigma system

  10. Organizing Six Sigma • Key Roles10 • Leadership Team • Champions • Mentors (master black belts) • Experts (black belts) • Participants (green belts)

  11. Key Six Sigma Roles • The Leadership Group • Be actively involved from outset • Develop a strategic plan • Establish Roles and Infrastructure • Establish supporting policies • Job descriptions • Reward/Compensation systems • Career paths

  12. Key Six Sigma Roles • The Leadership Group (cont’d) • Select projects • Prioritize projects and allocate resources • Facilitate, guide, manage

  13. Key Six Sigma Roles • The Champions17 • Find appropriate projects • Represent projects to the leadership • Provide coaching • Ensure allocation of resources • Resolve issues

  14. Key Six Sigma Roles • Master Back Belts • Coach and support project leads • Work as a change agent • Train others in the use of six sigma tools

  15. Key Six Sigma Roles • Black Belts • Highly trained experts • Manage project leaders • Lead project teams

  16. Key Six Sigma Roles • Green Belts • Trained in the use of statistical tools • Lead project teams • Participate on project teams

  17. A Real-World Example • General Electric’s 6 results: - reduced invoice defects and disputes with a key customer by 98% - saved $1 million annually in contract review process (GE Capital) - developed breakthrough technology that reduced medical scan times to 30 seconds from 3 minutes - improved a key call center performance measure from 76% 99% - reduced vibrations in Power System rotors by 300% - saved $320 million in less than two years, $750 million in three years

  18. Exercise • If you have a 2 sigma process, what percentage of the output is within spec ? • Six Sigma originated at Honeywell –T/F • Six Sigma focuses on the customer –T/F • What does the Greek symbol sigma represent? • Six Sigma utilizes fact-based decision making – T/F • Continuous improvement requires feedback and adjustments to ensure achievement of business objectives – T/F ANSWERS: 1) 94.38%, 2) False, 3)True, 4)Standard deviation, 5) True, 6) True

  19. Six Sigma Summary • Project-driven management philosophy • Relies on fact-based decision making (statistical tools) • Requires top-down support • Requires an infrastructure that can support quality project management • Has been shown to have markedly positive impacts on business performance

  20. Suggested Reading • Breyfogle, F.W., III, Cupello, J.M., & Meadows, B. (2003). Managing Six Sigma: A Practical Guide to Understanding, Assessing, and Implementing the Strategy that Yields Bottom-Line Success. New York, New York: John Wiley & Sons. • Eckes, George. (2001) The Six Sigma Revolution: How General Electric and Others Turned Process into Profits. New York, New York: John Wiley & Sons. • Eckes, George. (2003) Six Sigma for Everyone. New York, New York: John Wiley & Sons. • Foster, S. Thomas. (2004). Managing Quality: An Integrative Approach. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall. • Kerzner, Harold. (2003). Project Management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controling. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall. • Kinicki, A, & Kreitner, R. (2003). Organizational Behavior: key concepts, skills & best practices. New York, New York: McGraw Hill. • Pande, P.S., Neuman, R.P., & Cavanagh, R.R. (2000). The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola and other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance. New York, New York: McGraw Hill.

  21. Bibliography • Eckes, George. (2001) The Six Sigma Revolution: How General Electric and Others Turned Process into Profits. p.5. New York, New York: John Wiley & Sons. • Eckes, The Six Sigma Revolution. p.6. • Ibid. • Eckes, The Six Sigma Revolution. pp.9-10. • Costanzo, Chris. (2002). At Suntrust, Six Sigma is Middle Management’s Baby. American Banker, June 12, 2002, Vol. 167, Issue 112. • Pande, P.S., Neuman, R.P., & Cavanagh, R.R. (2000). The Six Sigma Way: How GE, Motorola and other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance. New York, New York: McGraw Hill. 7) Breyfogle, F.W., III, Cupello, J.M., & Meadows, B. (2003). Managing Six Sigma: A Practical Guide to Understanding, Assessing, and Implementing the Strategy that Yields Bottom-Line Success. p.6. New York, New York: John Wiley & Sons.

  22. Bibliography 8) Vasilash, Gary S. (1999). Missing One Putt Every 163 Years. Automotive Manufacturing and Production, Dec99, Vol. 111, Issue 12. • Pande, p.67. • Eckes, The Six Sigma Revolution. p.25. • Pande, chapters 7 and 8. • Pande, p.110. • Eckes, George. (2003) Six Sigma for Everyone. pp.15-26. New York, New York: John Wiley & Sons. 14) Pande, pp. 96-103. 15) Gale, Sara F. (2003). Building Frameworks for Six Sigma. Workforce, May2003, Vol. 82, Issue 5.

  23. Bibliography • Kerzner, Harold. (2003). Project Management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling and controlling. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall. • Pande, p.119. • Eckes, The Six Sigma Revolution. p.43. • Pande, pp.123-127. • Ibid. • Foster, S. Thomas. (2004). Managing Quality: An Integrative Approach. P.404. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall. • Eckes, The Six Sigma Revolution. p.43. • Foster, pp.404-405. • Breyfogle, p.146.

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