Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Through 2007, ill-defined IT deliverables, misaligned business expectations, and unknown performance levels, combined with economic pressures, will force more than 30% of IT organizations (ITOs) to ...

Six Sigma is largely touted in the business media. More than simply a concept, Six Sigma is a metric, a methodology, and a management system. Since its creation in 1986, it has gained such a solid ...

Six Sigma provides a framework for measuring process performance and making improvements to better meet customer needs. Although full-scale Six Sigma implementations are usually limited to large ...

In today's competitive job market, professionals constantly seek ways to enhance their skills and stand out. One effective method is obtaining a Lean Six Sigma certification, which signifies expertise ...

As a manager or executive at a small business, “Six Sigma” is probably not on your to-do list. Yet this proven methodology for quality improvement, developed at Motorola in the early 1980s and ...

Whether we’re practicing Lean or Six Sigma, what we’re really targeting is process improvement. The process could be technical, commercial, or a support-process to the standard order-to-delivery ...

Marc S. Morrison is a manager in the Houston office of Alvarez & Marsal. Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting helps companies grow stronger bypartnering with management to identify opportunity, ...

White Belt certification is the first level of certification that you can receive in Lean Six Sigma training through the Goodwin College of Professional Studies. The White Belt certification is ...

In October 2001, an article appearing in Managed Healthcare Executive announced the arrival of Six Sigma methodologies in the healthcare sector.[1] While manufacturing industries had verified ...