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davis007
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My CEO has given me the opportunity to build a team and attack a problem we have been having with a structured process. What I mean is that up until now we have addressed problems with an approach akin to throwing things against the wall and hopping something sticks. That is at least if someone had an idea to throw.
After a long discussion with our CEO I was able to convince him that we need a more structured approach, to define the problems, focus the efforts at improvement, and measure the effectiveness of the solutions. He has proposed that we start with a particular problem that has plagued us for some time. He defined the team and told me to lead it.
Now the problem, no one here has any training of any kind, no SS, no 8-D, no 5-S, nothing. What I know I have learned online through forums like these, so I am not really trained either. The CEO will not pay for training, "The best training is hands on." So this will be a bit like the blind leading the deaf and dumb, but I really want to make it work so that I can use the success to move the company one more step later.
Now for the question, does anyone have, or know of a short set of slides that I could use to give an overview of the DMAIC process?
I realize that there are some strong feelings as to whether or not DMAIC is or is not the best method or if a named problem solving / continuous improvement process is even necessary. However, I need to start somewhere and this is where the CEO is letting me start, he has evened named the team the DMAIC team. Any help on how to give the team members some training on the process will be much appreciated.
My CEO has given me the opportunity to build a team and attack a problem we have been having with a structured process. What I mean is that up until now we have addressed problems with an approach akin to throwing things against the wall and hopping something sticks. That is at least if someone had an idea to throw.
After a long discussion with our CEO I was able to convince him that we need a more structured approach, to define the problems, focus the efforts at improvement, and measure the effectiveness of the solutions. He has proposed that we start with a particular problem that has plagued us for some time. He defined the team and told me to lead it.
Now the problem, no one here has any training of any kind, no SS, no 8-D, no 5-S, nothing. What I know I have learned online through forums like these, so I am not really trained either. The CEO will not pay for training, "The best training is hands on." So this will be a bit like the blind leading the deaf and dumb, but I really want to make it work so that I can use the success to move the company one more step later.
Now for the question, does anyone have, or know of a short set of slides that I could use to give an overview of the DMAIC process?
I realize that there are some strong feelings as to whether or not DMAIC is or is not the best method or if a named problem solving / continuous improvement process is even necessary. However, I need to start somewhere and this is where the CEO is letting me start, he has evened named the team the DMAIC team. Any help on how to give the team members some training on the process will be much appreciated.