Six Sigma Explained: What Is It and How Can It Benefit Your Organization?

Please provide me with details about Six Sigma. What is it, and how does it help the organization?

Dear Shaheen,

I appreciate your inquisitive nature. That is quite necessary for acquiring knowledge and becoming an efficient executive.

You may go through the brief info about Six Sigma at the following link:
Six Sigma - What is Six Sigma?
http://www.isixsigma.com/sixsigma/six_sigma.asp

For more details, you may check the following link:
Six Sigma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Sigma

For information on whether it is meant for large companies or can be useful to all, you can go through the article at the following link:
Is Six Sigma Just For Large Companies? What About Small Companies?
http://www.isixsigma.com/library/content/c010325a.asp

P S Dhingra
Vigilance & Management Consultant
Dhingra Consultancy Group
New Delhi

Hi Shaheen,

As required, please find the Six Sigma tools in Excel format. While referring to the links provided by Dhingra.

All the best.

Wishes,
Arun

Hi,

I facilitated a session with HR managers to review their hiring process. Using Lean Six Sigma methods, we identified ways to reduce the recruitment processing time from 106 days to 60 days. If you want further details, send me an email.

Regards

Hi, Six Sigma is a disciplined approach that focuses on reducing/minimizing variation to achieve near-perfect products. It is a business philosophy or management strategy aimed at gaining by reducing/eliminating defects and improving the capability of processes, regardless of their nature. This methodology can be applied to productivity improvement, customer relations, market growth, etc.

In return, the outcomes include motivated employees, satisfied customers, and increased profits.

Vikul Shaunak
Six Sigma Black Belt (ASQ Certified)

Hi,

All the discussions only talk about the advantages of Six Sigma in HR. Can anyone tell me whether Six Sigma is useful for sales guys?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Jagadish Kumar K

Hi,

I have had several requests for more information on how LEAN methods were used to reduce the recruitment lead time from 106 days to 60 days. Please find attached a few PowerPoint slides outlining the work I carried out while at GE.

I am happy to share my experience with others at CiteHR. The cheapest option for all concerned is a conference call on Skype. Send me an invite on Skype - Prajita People Development - and then I can set up a 60-minute conference call for all those interested.

Dear Ranjit,

Presentation, of course, is good, but there is no breakdown of the 106 days or 65 days in the presentation. It would be valuable if you add information on which activities took 106 days previously and how, with what kind of efforts (in brief), the period could be reduced to 65 or 60 days.

That would be fine if you add the same to your presentation to make it more valuable.

P S Dhingra
Vigilance & Management Consultant
Dhingra Consultancy Group
New Delhi

Dear Mr. Dhingra,

I am happy to share the LEAN processes used in reducing recruitment lead time, but I am sure you appreciate the commercial sensitivities in disclosing company-specific information in detail. Exactly where GE was able to reduce its recruitment time is of little consequence, but understanding how to use LEAN techniques in your company to reduce your company's recruitment process time would - in my opinion - be more valuable.

As per my previous posting, I am happy to set up a conference call on Skype for those interested in a more detailed discussion. Ping me on Skype - Prajita People Development.

Thanks

Hi friends,

I am thinking of doing a project on the transformation of training and development into business by using the Six Sigma process. Please help me out by providing me with the relevant information.

Thanks and regards,
Navanitha

What is Six Sigma?
Six Sigma is a highly disciplined, data-driven approach to systematically minimizing defects. The Six Sigma approach was developed by Motorola, but most of the tools have been in use for many decades. The Six Sigma approach assists companies as they focus on improving processes to the point of "near perfection." The idea behind Six Sigma is that defective parts in a given process are reduced to the level of 3.4 defects per million opportunities (DPMO).

"Sigma" is the number of standard deviations from the process mean (average) within a standard bell curve, or process distribution. Most manufacturing processes tolerate three to four sigma operating levels, producing 6,000 to 67,000 defects per million opportunities!