Learning points
In addition to financial benefits, several further aspects of the project were deemed worthy of noting. These leari\ning points were:
Experienced practitioners who can mentor teams with guidance help keep the teams going in right direction,at least on their first project;
A training programme followed by a project is an effective way to allow people to practice and refine what they have learnt
Link activity to business measures and quantifiable terms and ensure that the team understands the problem in these terms and can measure their improvements against these metrics; and cross-functional and multi-level representation in the teams leads to faster progress and smoother changes in working practices.
This is in line with success factors for six sigma outlined by banuelas and antony(2002)and pande et al.(2000)amongst others.
It is also important to note that the team has continued-without prompting-to apply the tools to other problems and opportunities, demonstrating their acceptance of the tools and process.
Conclusions
The brand x project has delivered a significant improvement in quality and process capability on the line. The financial savings detailed earlier are 290000pa for an investment(including training) totalling13000.
In the initial analysis, one in every five sweets produced in the brand x bay was either scrapped or reworked due to sweet size variation. With the work done in this project, this has reduced to 1 in 10000 or better. The process capability level has improved from 0.5to 1.6, and the process is now controlled in a preventive rather than reactive fashion.
In addition to thes project-specific benefits, the impact of variation si now more widely recognised in the organisation and the structured DMAIC approach is being sued more widely.
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