Harvard Business Review
JUNE 10, 2011
These mandated-from-above programs include Lean Six Sigma initiatives with experts (" Belts ") in command, big IT implementations, and reengineering of major end-to-end processes. An executive in the company's finance operations adopted a Six Sigma belt-driven approach to reduce costs in the company's global shared service centers.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 18, 2012
If you've had a bad experience with an operational improvement effort (like Six Sigma or Business Reengineering), or if you haven't given it much attention lately, you should take a fresh look. Many companies and executives have been disappointed with these efforts when results weren't sustained and inefficiency crept back in.
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Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 23, 2013
One piece of advice to come out of such tomes, for instance, has been to create a strong, coherent organizational culture, like most of high-performing firms studied. Another formula is to introduce a new and fashionable management practice, such as Six Sigma, Lean, or the ancient Total Quality Management and ISO9000.
Strategy Driven
MAY 24, 2019
Ensure that you’re on the right side of the law when it comes to data collection and storage, and seek out advice from experienced professionals with a track record of legal matter management. Six Sigma has a particularly useful concept which can be directly applied to using data insights in this way.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 7, 2011
When they set out to turn around processes that have become woefully inefficient or ineffective, most companies choose one of four process improvement "religions": Lean , Six Sigma , Business Reengineering or Business Process Management (BPM). Many companies adopted Six Sigma in the late 1990s. Consider this example.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 5, 2011
The stories of how they have kept their processes fit are less well known than those of famous process fitness fanatics such as Toyota, with its Toyota Production System (also known as Lean), and GE, with its Six Sigma program. Yet they offer equally valuable advice for healthy lifestyles. What are their secrets?
Harvard Business Review
FEBRUARY 26, 2014
Now, on the other side of my stint as a CEO, what advice would I offer hard-driving executives about coping with those conflicts? Such advice is plentiful and familiar: Make time for non-work activities, exercise to reduce stress, learn to say “no,” manage your time more efficiently. Don’t expect perfection in personal life.
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