The hardest part of problem solving is knowing where to start.
Of the dozens or hundreds of factors that could be a root cause of defects, no more than 3 are critical. The probability of choosing correctly at the start of a project is a few percent at best. So what happens? Teams choose wrong, learn something, and choose again. Eventually they find one root cause, but one or two more might still be active. If the team stops there, they have a partial solution, typically 20-50% improvement after several months.
What if your teams could eliminate all the non-critical factors immediately and focus only on the critical factors right away?
- Could they achieve 90-100% defect reduction every time, in every operation, companywide?
- Could they solve problems in just days or occasionally weeks?
- How would that impact your company's Net Income?
- How would it affect your training ROI?
When Motorola's Baldrige Award-winning improvement process eliminated 90-100% of defects every time in just days to weeks, it increased Net Income by 4.5% ROS, doubled profits, and generated 29:1 ROI in the first year alone.
These Best Practice results are four times better than the typical DMAIC Six Sigma® process because Motorola used Shainin® Methods that it never included in the DMAIC curriculum. Young Associates has combined the tools that Motorola used with two additional techniques that reduce cycle time. We call this collection the Seventh Sigma™ Tools.
If your Six Sigma process is not delivering Best Practice results similar to Motorola's results, then you can close the gap by adding the Seventh Sigma Tools. Young Associates can quickly upgrade your process by adding these tools and providing coaching the first time that your people use them.
Call today and find out how fast and easy it is to get full value from your existing Six Sigma investment.
Young Associates, Inc. is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, nor certified by, Shainin LLC in any way. In the area of Shainin® Methods, Young Associates, Inc. only offers instruction on the specific techniques Motorola used to win one of the initial Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards in 1988 and were subsequently published by retired Motorola employee, Keki R, Bhote. Young Associates, Inc. is not authorized or certified to offer, and does not offer, the proprietary Shainin System™, which is available exclusively from Shainin LLC.
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