Why You Need Change Agents
Last week we began the discussion on change agents and I’d like to keep the conversation going. As important as identifying change agents is, it is also important to understand what they bring to your organization. So here’s what they do and why it’s important to your change effort. They provide education This might seem […]
Is Six Sigma a Proactive or Reactive Change?
As Six Sigma is a quality management tool many professionals have a staunch opinion that Six Sigma is a reactionary tool thereby limiting its effectiveness. Thinking about this begs the question is it proactive or reactionary? To get to the bottom of this we have to think about what the terms mean for business. Reactive […]
Supply Chain Demystified
Supply Chain is a big part of any operational strategy and yet it is arguably the most mismanaged area within companies. I was contacted by Michael Koplov of Software Advice and he shared with me a very good and balanced article on supply chain management. The article provides realistic solutions to the most common supply […]
When It Isn’t Value
Six Sigma speaks frequently of eliminating non- value activities and in the last post, I talked about how you can define value in your organization. For this post I want to continue the value discussion and talk about how you define a non-value activity and what the most common types are. Simply put non-value activities […]
How Do You Find Value?
In Six Sigma and change methodology there is a lot of emphasis on creating and sustaining value. This seems straight forward until you try to implement value and then you find yourself asking “What is value”? It seems like such a simple question, but different organizations define value in different way. For LSS and SS […]
