How one company made their balance sheet smell as good as the cookies they bake. By Teresa Jostes, MBB, MBA In Northwest Ohio in a small farm community the sweet smell of baked goods fills the air and it’s not bake-off time at the county fair. As you turn off of the...
“This should be the standard” “This should be the standard.” That was a comment an auditor made during a recent audit of the McCormick Flavor Division ( South Bend , Indiana ) of McCormick & Company, Inc. The auditor was referring to the...
Executive Overview Deploying Six Sigma in a service or transactional environment usually entails working with various information systems, which may seem “data rich” at first glance but are, in fact, data poor due to their design and implementation. This case study...
Case Study Situation A senior quality engineer for a leading machining company is saddled with alarming scrap levels, and armed with only hindsight data to help prevent it. Precision is crucial to these intricate manufactured components.[note_right] Real-time,...
