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Six Sigma
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ALSO CALLED: Total Quality Management, TQM, and 6 Sigma
DEFINITION: Six Sigma is a management philosophy developed by Motorola that emphasizes setting extremely high objectives, collecting data, and analyzing results to a fine degree as a way to reduce defects in products and services. The Greek letter sigma is sometimes used to denote variation from a standard.
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How to go beyond manual collaboration to build an automated, integrated supply chain
| sponsored by Inovis
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This podcast, led by supply chain expert Anil Gupta, digs into specific strategic issues pertinent to today's supply chains.
Posted: 30 Sep 2008 | Premiered: 25 Sep 2008
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From chaos to community: Best practices for speeding up the supply chain with improved visibility and automation
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View this expert Webcast and explore specific strategic issues pertinent to today's supply chains. Learn to improve your supply chain's capabilities for automation, visibility and collaboration.
Posted: 29 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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How to Drive Quality with a Strategic QA Approach
| sponsored by Telelogic, An IBM Company
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Join Telelogic's complimentary Webcast and you will know how your organization can use a new approach that brings your QA process to the forefront so that it becomes an integral, invigorating and cost efficient way to meet your goals.
Posted: 18 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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6 Key Metrics for Measuring Lean Success
| sponsored by Infor
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This webcast discusses the key metrics that your company can use to help ensure that you accomplished your lean goal.
Posted: 04 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Developing a Master Data Management Roadmap
| sponsored by Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software
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Navin Sharma discusses the vision, strategy, design and practical aspects of developing a Master Data Management Roadmap.
Posted: 03 Sep 2008 | Premiered: 03 Sep 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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Sharpen Your Competitive Edge with Field Service Applications for BlackBerry
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With BlackBerry wireless technology and the development of ATSG's wireless workflow applications, we have simplified collecting and managing information to save you money.
Posted: 25 Aug 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Cross Platform IAM from the Mainframe to the Web-Integrating z/Series Security
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CA solutions can help reduce costs, facilitate new business opportunities, enable regulatory compliance, and mitigate security risks associated with users and their access to resources and applications.
Posted: 27 Jun 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Reality check: Application Benchmarking & QoE
| sponsored by Fluke Networks
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In this podcast, network management expert Dennis Drogseth answers some 'Fact or Fiction' questions, focusing on application benchmarking and quality of experience.
Posted: 18 Apr 2008 | Premiered: 18 Apr 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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Configuration Management - How to Really Cover your Assets
| sponsored by Numara Software
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Configuration Management is the heart of IT Service Management. This webcast will teach you what hardware and software exist in that environment, and how they relate to each other. Also discussed is how to increase service quality and reduce costs.
Posted: 01 Apr 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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SIX SIGMA DEFINITION (continued): … The philosophy behind Six Sigma is that if you measure how many defects are in a process, you can figure out how to systematically eliminate them and get as close to perfection as possible. In order for a company to achieve Six Sigma, it cannot produce more than 3.4 defects per million opportunities, where an opportunity is defined as a chance for nonconformance. There are two Six Sigma processes: Six Sigma DMAIC and Six Sigma DMADV, each term derived from the major steps in the process. Six …
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