iSixSigma-Editorial

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rachel Glassford (888) 744-6295 December 14, 2015 (Kitchener, Ontario) – SigmaXL Inc., a leading provider of user friendly Excel Add-ins, announces the release of DiscoverSim Version 2 for Monte Carlo Simulation and Global Optimization. DiscoverSim is now bundled with MIDACO, one of the world’s strongest evolutionary solvers for global optimization.  MIDACO […]

New SQCpack is quality control for anyone, anytime—now with Six-Way Analysis™ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caryn Schockling [email protected] (800) 777-3020 December 10, 2015 (Dayton, Ohio) – PQ Systems announces the release of SQCpack 7, a comprehensive update to their best-selling statistical process control (SPC) solution that helps organizations utilize the power of data analysis to improve […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Caryn Schockling [email protected] (800) 777-3020 May 13, 2015 (Dayton, Ohio) – PQ Systems announces the release of SQCpack 7, a comprehensive update to their best-selling statistical process control (SPC) solution that helps organizations utilize the power of data analysis to improve quality. SQCpack 7 is an easy and scalable application that […]

Kaizen is a Japanese term that means continuous improvement, taken from the words kai, which means continuous or change, and zen, which means improvement or good. A Kaizen event gathers operators, managers and leaders in one place. An existing process is reviewed and all team members – generally comprised of those directly responsible for or […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Rachel Glassford (888) 744-6295 November 25, 2014 (Kitchener, Ontario) – SigmaXL Inc., a leading provider of user friendly Excel Add-ins for Statistical and Graphical analysis, announces the release of SigmaXL Version 7 for Mac. “SigmaXL was designed from the ground up to be a cost-effective, powerful, but easy to use […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Rachel Glassford (888) 744-6295 October 30, 2014 (Kitchener, Ontario) – SigmaXL Inc., a leading provider of user friendly Excel Add-ins for Statistical and Graphical analysis, has bundled SigmaXL Version 7 with DiscoverSim. DiscoverSim is an Excel add-in that enables you to quantify your risk through Monte Carlo simulation and minimize […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Rachel Glassford  (888) 744-6295 Kitchener, Ontario – SigmaXL Inc., a leading provider of user friendly Excel Add-ins for Statistical and Graphical analysis, announces the release of SigmaXL Version 7. New features include: “Traffic Light” Automatic Assumptions Check for t-Tests and ANOVA A text report with color highlight gives the status […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Caryn Schockling, Marketing Manager (937) 885-2255  [email protected] DAYTON—Michael J. Cleary, Ph.D., founder and president of PQ Systems, Inc. and a professor emeritus at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio died suddenly on September 10, 2014. Michael Cleary was born June 3, 1939 in Dumont, New Jersey. He was a graduate of […]

During the month of August – while many are taking time off to enjoy summer – we will be offering a resource page on a different topic each week. The resource page features an overview of the week’s topic and links to the best related content across iSixSigma. This week’s topic is the Pugh matrix. […]

During the month of August – while many are taking time off to enjoy summer – we will be offering a resource page on a different topic each week. The resource page features an overview of the week’s topic and links to the best related content across iSixSigma. This week’s topic is 5S. 5S is […]

During the month of August – while many are taking time off to enjoy summer – we will be offering a resource page on a different topic each week. The resource page features an overview of the week’s topic and links to the best related content  across iSixSigma. This week’s topic is takt time. What […]

During the month of August – while many are taking time off to enjoy summer – we will be offering a resource page on a different topic each week. The resource page features an overview of the week’s topic and links to the best related content across iSixSigma (articles, blogs, discussions, Marketplace products and dictionary […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rehoboth, Massachusetts (July 20, 2014)  – Six Sigma Integration, Inc. (www.sixsigmaintegration.com) announces the release of Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management, Second Edition. Sales of the book have already begun. Orders are being accepted at: http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?isbn=0071793054 Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management, Second Edition is fully revised to cover recent dramatic […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Frankfurt, Germany (April 22, 2014) – procise gmbh, the leading process improvement consultancy and developer of various Lean Six Sigma titles for iOS and android, announces today the release of its “Lean Six Sigma Coach 4.0” as a free download for the iPad for 24 hours, starting on Friday the 25th of […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Frankfurt, Germany (April 7, 2014) – procise has been a leader in the Lean Six Sigma area for years. They have been a leader in this market, because process implementation and process improvement is their singular focus. Nevertheless procise has recognized they need to continue innovating if they want to maintain their lead […]

The distribution of data can be categorized in two ways: normal and non-normal. If data is normally distributed, it can be expected to follow a certain pattern in which the data tend to be around a central value with no bias left or right (Figure 1). Non-normal data, on the other hand, does not tend […]

A popular means for identifying the causes of a particular problem, or effect, is the aptly named cause-and-effect diagram. As the completed graphic resembles the bones of a fish, it is also commonly referred to as a “fishbone” diagram (Figure 1). The head of the “fish” is the problem statement, such as “late delivery of […]

In January iSixSigma asked Lean Six Sigma (LSS) leaders about their predictions for the hot topics and areas of interest for operational excellence in 2013. Ten months later we checked in to see how close their predictions hit the mark. Forrest W. Breyfogle III, CEO and President Smarter Solutions, Inc. I am seeing a progression […]

As parents of young children know, “Why?” is one of the most frequently asked questions they hear. And not just once. A girl asks, “Why is the sky blue?” and will proceed with further “Why?” demands to each subsequent answer for as long as the parent is willing (or able) to play along. As frustrating […]

FMEA is a risk assessment tool. Through the structured approach of an FMEA, improvement teams identify possible ways in which a product or process can fail, specify the subsequent effects, quantify the severity of those potential failures, and assess the likelihood of their occurrence. FMEA can be used to rank and prioritize the possible causes […]

The capability of a process, statistically speaking, is the ability of that process – based on historical performance – to achieve measurable results that satisfy established specifications and statistical limits. In a nutshell, process capability indicates how well a process is able to perform its specified purpose. Why is process capability important? When the capability […]

The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Lifelong Engineering Education launched a new Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification program, designed for professionals interested in learning updated scientific and practical methods to improve and maintain a competitive company.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Kevin Madden (888) 744-6295 Toronto (July 29, 2013) – SigmaXL Inc., a leading provider of user friendly Excel Add-ins, announces the release of DiscoverSim Version 1.1 for Monte Carlo Simulation and Global Optimization. DiscoverSim enables you to quantify your risk through Monte Carlo simulation and minimize your risk with global […]

Traditionally, Lean Six Sigma (LSS) training has been delivered in classrooms, provided either by a company’s in-house experts or by a training or consulting firm. In the past 20 years, however, technology has taken training out of the classroom and online. Anyone with Internet access can learn the methodologies and tools of LSS. Now, individuals […]