by info@thewebshop.net.au | Apr 15, 2015 | Productivity, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, Theory of Constraints, Throughput, Uncategorized
An underground mining operation had been struggling with their Six Sigma program. The program had been underway for about 12 months and for various reasons had struggled to gain traction. 12 projects had been selected and were progressing at various paces. In mining,...
by info@thewebshop.net.au | Apr 7, 2015 | Business Improvement, Cost Reduction, Kaizen, Lean, Productivity, Results, Theory of Constraints, Theory of Constraints, Uncategorized
We are often asked how to get started with making improvements. We have all been in the situation where we are not getting the results needed and we need to be seen to be do something let alone actually getting improved results? We will talk about what our experience...
by info@thewebshop.net.au | Jan 29, 2015 | Productivity, Results, Theory of Constraints, Uncategorized
In the last blog post we discussed the Goal Tree. The Goal tree has become one of the critical tools that we use to help make rapid improvements. The Goal tree is not traditionally in the Six Sigma Body of Knowledge but has been part of the Theory of Constraints...
by info@thewebshop.net.au | Jan 15, 2015 | Business Improvement, Pipeline, Productivity, Results, Theory of Constraints, Theory of Constraints, Uncategorized
We would like to move to a more technical article. We would like to discuss a tool that has become integral to generating results on our Business Improvement Projects. While this tool has become critical in helping provide clarity and direction to our improvement...
by info@thewebshop.net.au | Nov 28, 2014 | Business Improvement, Pipeline, Productivity, Results, Uncategorized
We are often asked this question, so thought we should address it here. Traditionally in a Six Sigma deployment the number that has been used is 2% of the workforce, that is 2% of the workforce should be Black Belts. That is 2 Black Belts per 100 staff. This 2% number...
by info@thewebshop.net.au | Nov 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
On 25 August, 2013, CEO of BHP Billiton Andrew Mackenzie stated, “Growth for us, and growth for anybody, is growth in free cash flow and you can grow free cash flow in two ways: add more productive capacity by investing (and) you buy businesses by investing, or...
