Cat Inc. is the world’s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment‚ diesel and natural gas engines‚ and industrial turbines. It is also a technology leader in construction‚ transportation‚ mining‚ forestry‚ energy‚ logistics‚ and electric power generation. Its corporate world headquarters is located in Peoria‚ Illinois. Cat Inc is comprised of 26 business units. Cat Inc. is rated number 1 or 2 in every major S&P 500 and Dow Jones Index tracked category in the Construction‚ Agriculture
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A machinist goes into work just like he has been for the past 20 years; suddenly he is told that his job has been eliminated. If you think that your manufacturing job is safe‚ you would be wrong. Throughout your working career there may come a time that you will lose your job or have to change careers due to outsourcing. What is outsourcing? Adams (2006) states‚ "True outsourcing is nothing more that shifting a company’s non-core function to a third party which makes those functions
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the company. To acheive ford’s vision it has used six sigma‚ to enable processes to produce results with no more than 3.4 defects per million‚ it started in 1990’s when the director of quality was searching for ways to improve quality‚ influenced by the phong vu the top management has seen it as the perfect oppurtunity‚ to accomplish its goals‚ by identifying the top 25 customer concerns‚ and focusing intensively on these issues. Training for six sigma has begun‚ with ford’s ceo becoming a regularly
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Which best reflects the Six Sigma view of achieving good quality? C A Have your product viewed as the premium product in the marketplace. B Providing the best features in the marketplace at the lowest possible cost. C Reducing the number of defects in a production system to optimize profits. D Eliminating all defects in the production system. 2 Lean requires greater mathematical sophistication compared to Six Sigma. B A True B False C D 3 Six Sigma is about Quality
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References: Bradford. (2001). GE’s model inspires companies to pick the right leaders. Training Strategies For Tomorrow‚ 15(6)‚ 15 Breyfogle‚ F.‚ Connolly‚ M. (2003). Six Sigma methods to ensure organizations’ health. R & D‚ 45(4)‚ 28. Retrieved March 13‚ 2005‚ from ProQuest database. Byrne‚ J.‚ (1998). Jack: a close-up look at how America’s #1 manager runs GE‚ 3581‚ 90. Retrieved March 12‚ 2005‚ from ProQuest database
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Bank of America Using Six Sigma in Banking Bank of America is a large‚ complex organization with high goals to be #1 in customer satisfaction‚ the world’s most admired company and the world’s largest bank. To achieve these goals‚ the Bank recognized the need for an enterprise-wide quality system that focused on customer needs and key business strategies. To execute its quality system‚ Bank of America favored rapid deployment across the company for complete enculturation. Bank of America’s
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Engineer Art Hyde takes the executed Six Sigma a step further saying‚ The design and engineering analysis process makes it possible for problems‚ that previously may not have surfaced until launch‚ to be caught and corrected in the virtual world through the DMAIC process. The DMAIC process‚ define‚ measure‚ analyze‚ improve‚ and control has built an overall strategy for consistency in Ford teams. Of their Six Sigma implementation for 2010 product launches‚ Dan Dobbs‚ The Six Sigma Master Black Belt said
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questions beyond the Champion certification level. However‚ Green Belt certification examinations are cumulative in that they cover the material required for both Champion and Green Belt certification.) QUESTION: Provide a non-technical definition for “Six Sigma” management. Answer: It is an organizational initiative designed to create breakthrough improvements in manufacturing‚ service and administrative processes. For example‚ Motorola established a goal to reduce defects 10-fold with a 50% reduction
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References: Cagliano‚ R‚ Camiato‚ F‚ Corso‚ M‚ Spina‚ G. Production Planning & Control; June 2005‚ Vol. 16 Issue 4‚ p.345-355. http://www.asq.org/manufacturing/why-quality/overview.html Soderborg‚ Nathan. Design For Six Sigma at Ford; Six Sigma Forum Magazine‚ February 2003.
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problems when working with the lack of reasonable assistance of information technology and information systems‚ and we can learn how Microsoft uses information technology and information systems of work to get the job done better. Danaher divides its six billion dollar business in three segments‚ namely‚ professional instrumentation‚ industrial technologies‚ and tools and components. Danaher Sensors and Controls is one of three business niche focusing in the technology industry segments. Since Danaher
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