Sponsors are key members in any Project as they determine the success of the Project. This directly implicates that the roles and responsibilities of the Sponsors are equally important and challenging. So, let’s start by understanding the responsibilities of a Project Sponsor. Project Sponsors can be Project Champions or Process Owners. Responsibilities – Project Sponsor […] Read more

Lead Time is the time taken from the moment an order is placed, till the moment it is delivered to the customer. The terminology ‘Lead time’ is commonly used in many fields like Manufacturing, Supply chain Management, Project Management, Supplier Management, Material Requirement Planning & Enterprise Requirement Planning (MRP & ERP), Software development and so […] Read more

Accelerated Life Testing (also known as ALT) is the process of testing a product or a component by subjecting it to extreme conditions beyond the normal requirements in order to identify the potential failure modes and the withstanding limit of the product in a short span of time. Example: A cell phone manufacturer conducts the […] Read more

Correlation as the word indicates means inter-relationship and in statistical term is used to signify the extent of relationship between two variables and therefore, Correlation measures the Strength of relationship between two variables. There are two types of correlation: Positive Correlation, Negative Correlation (or) No Correlation. Positive Correlation: When there is a strong relationship between […] Read more

Takt – the English synonym for this German word is Beat/Rate. Technically, Takt Time can be defined as the time available per unit for producing any requirement. For e.g. if a company sells 1 smartphone every 2 minutes during an 8 hour day, it clearly implies that it has to produce the same amount in […] Read more

Cycle time is all about the speed of delivery of the product/service to the market or customer. In order to understand the concept of Cycle time and to effectively manage it in our business or work place, one needs to know the answer to the following questions: What is Cycle time? Is Cycle time and […] Read more

Success of a Six Sigma Project starts with commitment from its stakeholders. Hence, one of the important steps in doing a Six Sigma project is Stakeholder Management. Stakeholder Management is the process of: Identifying the relevant Stakeholders Getting their buy-in for the project & changes Communicating the Stakeholders on the progress Now, a question arises. […] Read more

The final phase in DMADV is “VALIDATE” or “VERIFY”. As the name implies, it is about validating/verifying whether the design suits the requirements of customers and business. By the end of DESIGN phase we have a design ready to be implemented.  Before implementing it on the floor, there are some quick steps or pre-requisites to […] Read more

The Design phase is the most critical phase of DMADV, as this determines the success of the project. While we arrived at a high-level design in MEASURE phase, we will work on a detailed and complete design in DESIGN phase. Unlike in other phases, where the Six Sigma expert took the lead, the maximum effort […] Read more

Having identified the CTQs and the relevant metrics, it is time to concentrate on the Design features and how they should be planned to cater to the customer requirements. By the end of this phase a high level process design will also be arrived at. The list of activities to be performed in Analyze Phase […] Read more

After defining the goals and identifying the customer and business requirements, we move on to the next phase: MEASURE. The name gives us a clue of what we might be doing is this phase. Measure some parameters? But most of the projects do not have any data to measure as the process is quite new. […] Read more