Sigma Gamma Rho

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,…

By clearly listing the fraternity’s policies and code of conduct that is expected from each member, our chapter will express the Sigma Nu Fraternity in the respectable manner that it deserves. Our chapter continues to be one of the top fraternities at the University of Tennessee and can only remain at the top through the actions and attitudes of the active chapter. It is our obligation…

In the following critical essay, we will utilize a ten-point checklist to evaluate an article entitled Measure the Immeasurable: The World of Smell and Taste (“MIM”). This ten-point checklist has been applied against Six Sigma project case studies. MIM is not a case study by definition, but more of a look at industries’ use of new electronic measurement techniques and the influence they can have on and the opportunities they present to companies and teams using the DMAIC. More specifically,…

together correctly and any company will grow bigger. In an effort to increase production efficiency businesses implement the Six Sigma Program. This program doesn’t come without criticism, it is thought that it creates an imbalance by stifling innovation and creativity. To talk about this program and innovation, companies should first understand them and their effects. The Six Sigma is a quality program that is a disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology to eliminate defects in processes…

[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…

any additional cost being incurred, there will be a significant increase in profitability as well. (Bragg, 2013) Six Sigma is a disciplined, data-driven approach and methodology for elimination defects in processes like manufacturing to transactional and from product to service. (Sigma). Six Sigma was originally developed in the 1980s as part of Total Quality Management. The Six Sigma Quality over the 90s, expanded into a set of extensive diagnostic tools that have been taught to managers as…

has no project experience but completed a Six Sigma basic course (Buchbinder & Shanks, 2014). Many studies have given credit to the implementation Six Sigma in improving the quality in health care. One study by Parker and colleagues ' (Vest & Gamm, 2009) to examine antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery showed substantial improvement in getting and administering prophylaxis to patients. Other research has shown successful results from various Six Sigma strategies in radiology scheduling, improved…

and solutions. This model has helped the company achieve its growth goals to become the world leader in the trocar market in less than two decades. However, this philosophy has also kept the company away from ongoing managerial disciplines like six sigma, sustainability, or disciplines that promote the methodical development of innovation. Applied Medical 's value proposition…

Researchers believe that the fundamental objective of the Six Sigma methodology is the implementation of a measurement-based strategy that focuses on process improvement and variation reduction through the application of Six Sigma improvement projects (What is Six Sigma, 2015). Considering the various options of accomplishing the task, both DMAIC process (define, measure, analyze, improve, control) and DMADV process (define, measure, analyze, design, verify) are both sufficient pathways. Both…

(2010) note that six sigma is considered a methodical and scientific approach for management upgrading through the combination of four elements: customer satisfaction, human capital, method and planning. Additionally, Six Sigma provides an empirical and statistical basis for quality evaluation for all practices through measurement of quality. The Six Sigma approach permits to draw contrast among all procedures, and tells how valuable a process is. The extensive applications of Six Sigma is…