[8] Ecomagination program targets society and business challenges such as depletion of known oil and gas reserves, lack of clean water availability, new demand on natural resources, infrastructure and access to energy in emerging and rapidly growing economies. Ecomagination puts into practice GE’s belief that financial and environmental performance can be integrated to accelerate profitable growth for the company as well as serve the society. Eric Ortman, Supply Chain Executive with GE Oil…
of speed and direction applied to a business model. It is based on the concepts of Theory of Constraints (TOC) – the system architecture, Strategic Design Activate Improve Sustain (SDAIC) – the deployment framework and Theory of Constraints Lean Six Sigma (TOCLSS) – the focused improvement process. The main goal of the new enterprise was to achieve readiness while meeting mission requirements and simultaneously reducing inventory and operational…
wish to apply for the position of Project Reporting Coordinator in the Enterprise Project and have provide the following information in support. Lean Six Sigma Since being with the Department of Veterans’ Affairs I have shown I am keen to take on new challenges and learn new information. I am well placed to assist EPMO staff in applying Lean Six Sigma methodology as I became a Yellow Belt in July 2015. Within my current role as SAM Team Leader I have used the define phase to select projects,…
In Gemba Walks for Service Excellence: The Step by Step Guide for Identifying Service Delighters Chapter 2, the author describes Gemba Walks as going to the place where the work happens, go and see for you to find out what is really going on. A leader must pay attention to what is happening around them because leaders can become disconnected from people and current reality. A Gemba walk can prevent a false sense of things by showing up in a work center unannounced so that the leaders aren’t…
Veteran Transition Specialist, Experienced Trainer, and Supervisor with 20 years of proven experience in the United States Air Force. Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt that can achieve enterprise improvement results in any field. Possess a comprehensive background in Business Administration, Student Training, Supervision, Customer Service, and Education derived from years of experience in a military training industry. Recipient of multiple awards for outstanding performance within education,…
The 14 Points Make a steady reason toward change. Arrangement for quality in the long haul. Oppose responding with transient arrangements. Don 't simply do likewise things better – discover better things to do. Anticipate and get ready for future difficulties, and dependably have the objective of showing signs of improvement. Receive the new reasoning. Grasp quality all through the association. Put your clients ' needs to start with, as opposed to respond to aggressive weight – and plan…
TECH 5329 Abhinav Mahajan Assignment 2 Do you want six sigma or quality? The author discusses the difference between six sigma and quality with articulation of their dependence on each other. According to the article, quality and six sigma are time and again measured as links in a chain. The argument is based on understanding if six sigma helps in improving quality or it is just an indicator to tell us where we are, what are we doing, and where we are heading. Which…
In the world that we live in requires some kind of growth and development. The question is in regard to which approach is best. The approaches in the reading are as follows: Kaizen, Six Sigma and the last approach which is a master list of improvement strategies. Kaizen is a Japanese business that has a continuous improvement in working practices. In the reading, it states that Kaizen means good change. Kaizen is a tool that is used for lean manufacturing that makes an improvement in the…
This case study deals with improving the labor cost and productivity for a flavor and food additive company. The problem was resolved using a Six Sigma DMAIC problem solving methodology. The basic equation of Six Sigma, Y = f(x), defines the relationship between a dependent variable ‘Y’ or the outcome of a process and a set of independent variables ‘x’ or possible causes which affect the outcome. The Company Amigis is an Asian flavor and food additive company which had an increase in one of…
In Made to Stick, Chip and Dan Heath argue that the six criteria of stickiness make every idea more memorable and powerful. They target business-leaders, policy-makers, and teachers. The first criterion is Simple, which has two required prongs: Core, which focuses the text, and Compact, which keeps a text concise (Heath 45-46). The second criterion is Unexpected, which opens and closes knowledge gaps to keep the target audience’s attention (65). Dan Pink’s TedTalk “The Puzzle of Motivation”…