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What is your strategy for avoiding risk in BPM?

In this webinar, a structured methodology will be presented for addressing BPM deployment risks, which includes a business evaluation from an enterprise’s mission and vision through the business functions using a variant of Porter’s Value Chain. The described enhanced methodology ensures that the key business performance metrics are linked to an enterprise’s success and are identified and communicated throughout the business; provides a simple enterprise management system for business metrics; provides a method to identify and initiate the optimal improvement activities when performance is found to be unacceptable or a true constraint is identified; and ensures sustainability when adequate performance is achieved, which may or may not involve workflow automation.

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Benefits of a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Training

In this webinar, we will discuss the topics covered in a good Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course and how these skills would benefit your career. We will also compare the Green Belt to a Black Belt curricula in order to show you the differences. You may find that Green Belt training is a perfect fit for your needs or it might not be a good fit. Why pay for a class to answer this question.

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An Online Black Belt Training That Equals the Classroom Experience

Smarter Solutions has come out with a new blended learning Lean Six Sigma training method that overcomes the traditional issues with non-instructor led training. This training has been created to allow individuals to experience self-paced training and for groups to take the course as a team while providing interactive and individualized student coaching through the course by an expert Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. There is no similar program available anywhere else. The course also follows an internationally recognized textbook series providing the student with a reference to the Lean Six Sigma tools, theory, and methods well after the course is completed. Smarter Solutions partnered with MoreSteam.com, who has the top on-line Lean Six Sigma training materials, to build the on-line portions of the course. The complete course combines the MoreSteam.com Lean Six Sigma tool training topics with the Integrated Enterprise Excellence Lean Six Sigma project roadmap, created by Smarter Solutions, to provide a course the follows the same sequence as our instructor-led Black Belt course. A student will obtain a level of training that will equal an instructor-led course, without any requirement to travel to a classroom. This webinar will provide: * A review of all Lean Six Sigma training options available today * An overview of the Smarter Solutions Blended Online Black Belt course * A demonstration of an actual training module showing – Interactive lessons – Linked materials like case studies, tutorials, theoretical discussions and more – Linkage to the course reference textbooks – Minitab integration – Integrated coaching requirements * A list of all of the training materials and resources provided with the course Presented by Rick Haynes (Smarter Solutions) and Chris Paret (MoreSteam.com)

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Business Management System: Issues and Resolution

Executive leadership benefits when it has a business management system that orchestrates predictive scorecards, analytically/innovatively determine strategies, and identification/execution of process improvement projects that benefit the enterprise as a whole. Current business practices have shortcomings relative to the integration of these methodologies.

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Individuals Control Chart (XmR chart, I chart) Reporting

Individuals control charts (I-charts or X-charts) can be used for time-series tracking of a process to determine if the process is in statistical control and can be considered stable. When a process is considered stable, it experiences only common-cause variability. When a process is not in control, special-cause conditions can be causing non-stability.

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Lean Implementation with Business System Integration

Lean has a very good tool set; however, it is not a business management system. To better address the challenges of the day, organizations need an effective business management system that integrates Lean tools with predictive scorecards and analytical/innovative strategies so that undertaken process improvement efforts have whole-enterprise benefits. The Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE)1 business management system, which is illustrated in Figure 1, accomplishes this organizational objective.

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