Lean Six Sigma Wizard
There is always one best way to do anything.
--Emerson
Welcome to the Six Sigma Wizard!
Are you most interested in:
- Applying Six Sigma to new or existing products?
- Applying Six Sigma to new or existing services?
- Applying Six Sigma to new or existing processes?
- Six Sigma Processes?
- Six Sigma Tools?
- How to Choose the Right Six Sigma Chart
Products
- Are you having a problem with your product that affects your customer? Yes
- Do you need reduce cycle time, defects, or cost for your product? Yes
- Do you want to increase market share, revenue, or profit from your product? Yes
- Do you need to define and manage the process by which you deliver your product? Yes
- Are you trying to Design A New Product? Yes
Services
- Are you having a service problem that affects your customer? Yes
- Do you need reduce cycle time, defects, or cost for your service? Yes
- Do you need to define and manage the process by which you deliver service? Yes
- Is the competition better than you are? Is this difference important to your customer?
Yes No - Is there someone in your company or some other company that already does this exceedingly well? If so, do you fully understand your current process and have data to support your need for dramatic improvement? Yes No
- Is your process meeting the customer's requirements less than 20% of the time? Yes
Processes
- Are you having a problem with your process that affects your customer? Yes
- Do you need reduce cycle time, defects, or cost for your process? Yes
- Do you need to define and manage your process? Yes
- Is there someone in your company or some other company that already does this exceedingly well? If so, do you fully understand your current process and have data to support your need for dramatic improvement? Yes No
- Is your process meeting the customer's requirements less than 20% of the time? Yes
Six Sigma Processes
- Focus the Improvement Effort
- Improve the Process - Problem Solving
- Sustain the Improvement - Process Management
- Honor Your Progress - Review and Recognize
- Benchmarking-Best Practices
- Quality Function Deployment-Product and Process Design
- Reengineering - Reinventing Business Processes
Six Sigma Tools
- Tools for Focusing the Improvement Effort
- Tools for Solving Problems
- Tools for Hypothesis Testing
- Tools for Sustaining Improvement
- Tools for Data Collection
- Tools for Teamwork