Brought to format Six Sigma for small businesses Six Sigma has been popular with large companies for around twenty years. Smaller companies that want to achieve process improvements often shy away from the high costs associated with Six Sigma. Scientists at Brandenburg University of Technology have now developed a concept that enables smaller companies to benefit more from Six Sigma…
The European Six Sigma Club Deutschland e.V. (ESSC-D) is awarding the German Six Sigma Prize for the fifth time. Entries can be submitted as of now. The closing date for entries is September 30, 2015. Every year, the ESSC-D honors the best scientific work on the further development of the Six Sigma methodology. New approaches and ideas, which are examined
Through the integration of new tools and cross-over with other process improvement techniques, Six Sigma has opened up completely new areas of application. The method originally comes from the manufacturing industry, but is now also increasingly being used by companies in the insurance and service sectors. For example, at Vodafone, a subsidiary of Telefonica. Makigami is a new tool for
Six Sigma 2020 Annual conference of the European Six Sigma Club Germany Six Sigma remains dynamic. At the annual conference of the European Six Sigma Club Germany (ESSC-D), various strands of development of the proven method crystallized. Six Sigma is developing in two dimensions. On the one hand, the method is being successfully integrated into other methods and, on the
Six Sigma conference (Photo: Frank Homann) In spring, over one hundred Six Sigma experts from all over Germany met in Bad Honnef at the annual conference of the European Six Sigma Club Germany (ESSC-D). The participants spent two days exchanging experiences in workshops and specialist presentations. The main topic was the further development of Six Sigma tools. By expanding the
Further training in Six Sigma training will be further standardized. Until now, the quality guidelines have defined the criteria and tools for training and certification as a Six Sigma Green Belt and Black Belt. Now, the respective teaching depth of the individual tools is also described in detail. The new guideline thus helps to specify the minimum requirements for training.
Every year, the European Six Sigma Club Deutschland e.V. (ESSC-D) honors the best scientific work on the further development of the Six Sigma methodology. New approaches and ideas, which are examined and presented in master’s or diploma theses, are to be awarded and made accessible to a wide circle of interested parties. This year, for the first time, there is
Six Sigma experts from all over Germany met in Bad Kissingen at the beginning of March for the annual conference of the European Six Sigma Club (ESSC-D). Over 100 specialists from well-known companies as well as experts from research and science attended the two-day event. “I was thrilled by so much Six Sigma expertise and exciting discussions, and I will
Bert Leyendecker, board member of the ESSC-D, is now a member of DIN Standards Committee 147, Quality Management, Statistics and Certification Principles. At the same time, he has been delegated by the German Standards Committee as the German representative to the International Standards Organization (ISO/TC 69/SC 7 – Applications of statistical and related techniques for the implementation of Six Sigma).
Every year, the European Six Sigma Club Deutschland e.V. (ESSC-D) honors the best scientific work on the further development of the Six Sigma methodology. New approaches and ideas, which are examined and presented in master’s or diploma theses, are to be honored and made accessible to a broad circle of interested parties. “With the German Six Sigma Award, we want
