Manufacturing Central - six sigma News

Swagelok Company Main Plant: IW Best Plants Profile 2011

By feedproxy.google.com, posted on 01/11/2012 at 12:00 AM

Zero Hour: Swagelok pursues a quality goal even tougher to achieve than Six Sigma (Read More)

Challenges to setting up a successful supply chain in India

By feedproxy.google.com, posted on 12/19/2011 at 6:45 PM

India is $1.6 trillion dollar economy which is growing at an average annual rate of 7.5 percent. No global corporation can ignore that. To do business successfully in that geography, their Indian business units and partners must be able to overcome the challenges from several domains: supply chain, regulatory and socio- cultural. I am going [...] (Read More)

A free guide on Spend Analysis from Sourcing Innovation

By feedproxy.google.com, posted on 12/12/2011 at 10:07 PM

I thought that I’d pass on to my readers a free guide (no registration required, no cookies taken, just click and read – doesn’t get better than that, does it?) on Spend Analysis made available by Michael at Sourcing Innovation. Spend Visibility : An Implementation Guide Have a great rest of the year… Technorati Tags: [...] Related ... (Read More)

Day 71 - In business, time is the enemy of…well…everything

By feedproxy.google.com, posted on 11/09/2011 at 9:27 AM

In my last blog post, I spent some time explaining why both "Good is the Enemy of Great" and "Great is the Enemy of Good" (paraphrasing myself here) can be true depending on how, when and where you are applying them. Well, I think "Time is the Enemy of Everything" when applied to [...] (Read More)

When it Comes to Leadership, There's No Room for Doubt

By feedproxy.google.com, posted on 09/28/2011 at 12:00 AM

IW Manufacturing Hall of Famer Larry Bossidy: When you launch a major companywide initiative such as lean or Six Sigma, 'there's no turning back.' (Read More)

Lean Six Sigma: Remember the Principles

By feedproxy.google.com, posted on 09/06/2011 at 12:00 AM

Advice for the Lean Six Sigma journey (Read More) Lean Six Sigma: Remember the Principles

The importance of Response Management – Part 2

By feedproxy.google.com, posted on 08/24/2011 at 10:02 AM

Here is part 2 on the important of Response Management. Make sure to check out part 1! Kerry Zuber, one of my colleagues who is a Lean/Six Sigma black belt, has introduced me to two great terms that are crucial to understanding the value and key capabilities required of effective response management: Time to detect This is all [...] (Read More)