Day One: Workshops

Monday 23 June 2008

Please click on the links below to learn more:

Masterclass A: Changing The Game In Six Sigma Project Execution
Masterclass B: Effective Launching And Sustenance Of Six Sigma For Breakthrough Results
Masterclass C: What’s Wrong With Traditional Six Sigma Deployment Process? And How Can We Use Lean Six Sigma Methodology To Fix It?

08:30 - 12:30 Masterclass A: Changing The Game In Six Sigma Project Execution

We all want to fi nish Lean Six Sigma projects more quickly and get better results. Find out how to actually achieve through:

Enabling new Belts to execute projects like seasoned professionals
Leaning the project process – eliminate non-value added eff orts
Improving knowledge sharing – simplifying project replication
Utilizing management tools to better leverage Master Black Belt resources
Improving executive visibility (portfolio status, fi nancial rollups, resource allocation)

This is an extremely interactive seminar so come prepared to ask questions about real world issues that you’re experiencing in your projects.

Reddy Muralidhara
6 Sigma Division Champion
CATERPILLAR

About your Masterclass Leader:

Reddy comes with over 18 years of international work experience and has worked in Japan, China and India. He is a seasoned coach of change management to mid-level managers and supervisors and has trained all levels of employees in 6 Sigma. He delivered over US$250million in value creation through 6 Sigma from 2005 to 2007.

Formulated and implemented systems, value streams, workfl ows, methods and procedures. Articulated and achieved Operational Eff ectiveness and Excellence. Reddy currently assumes the responsibility of 6 Sigma Division Championship Role for Asia Pacifi c Operations and covers manufacturing facilities in China, India and Indonesia, which generate business over US$1.6 Billion and a key member of senior management.

08:30 - 12:30 Masterclass B: Effective Launching And Sustenance Of Six Sigma For Breakthrough Results

The masterclass will address the key tools and techniques used in Six Sigma and is ideal for individuals who would like to understand the fundamentals of Six Sigma so that they can spearhead the initiative in their own organization. This workshop will help participants:

Understand Why and How Six Sigma brings breakthrough improvements
Prepare a road-map for launching Six Sigma: Where, Who, When, How.
Understand how to apply Six Sigma methodology in Core Operations as well as Supporting Business Processes.
Select the right methodology (DMAIC/DMADV).
Gain suffi cient knowledge to grasp most concepts being discussed in the conference

Nandkumar Mishra
MBB & Business Excellence Deployment Lead
PATNI COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD.

About your Masterclass Leader:

Nandkumar has over 19 years of Quality improvement experience in Manufacturing and Services sectors across Call Center/ BPO, HR, IT, Marketing, Financial services & Insurance. He has specialization in implementation of Lean, Six Sigma, ISO Models, CMMI, TQM, TPM, SPC, Kaizen and Quality Circles. He has worked on over 100 Six Sigma Projects generating savings of over 5 Millions USD.

A 6 Sigma MBB and Lean Expert, he possesses professional education as a Masters in Quality Management, MBA in Marketing Management, Certifi ed Software Quality Analyst (CSQA) & Graduate in Mechanical Engineering. He has authored Technical papers in journals and presented papers on Quality improvement at National and International Conventions. He is a visiting faculty for Masters and MBA courses at various universities.

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch for Masterclass A & B participants

13:30 - 17:30 Masterclass C: What’s Wrong With Traditional Six Sigma Deployment Process? And How Can We Use Lean Six Sigma Methodology To Fix It?

If we measure the effi ciency of a lot of Six Sigma deployments processes, it doesn’t seem to be a process which is very effi cient. Most deployments would have also negative characteristics. How to get them right and take corrective measures? The masterclass will cover the following aspects of deployment processes and methodology:

Increase the process cycle effi ciency (Value Added Time/ Total Cycle Time) of the traditional DMAIC projects
Reduce changeover times for belts to move from a project to another one
How to transit trained belts who are not working on projects into “work-in-progress”, to avoid high WIPs and low capacity utilization
One if the key tenets of Lean is a pull system (Kanban). How to overcome the traditional deployment process which is a push system. How to cope with the situation when belts are identifi ed and trained, much before projects are identifi ed
How to succeed both in solving technical problems and in getting engagement and ownership from the organization at large. Six Sigma deployments need to drive not only problem solving, but also engagement and ownership
Six Sigma has an excellent toolkit for analyzing and solving process problems, we know that for change to be truly eff ective, people need to accept change. As most of the belts are not experts in people and cultural related change management issues, quite often, these improvements are sub optimal. How to get it done right.

As Six Sigma has increasingly become embedded into organizations and is becoming a process by itself, we practitioners need to look just as critically and analytically at our own deployment processes as we look at other business processes. We need to think along new lines and models. This session is designed to challenge existing models and processes and provoke practitioners into new ways of thinking.

Sandip Labh
MBB, 6 Sigma Centre of Expertise
BP

About your Masterclass Leader:

MBB Sandip leads the Six Sigma deployment & implementation for BP in Asia Pacifi c. Along with senior business leadership in the region he does strategic deployment planning & project execution. He manages a balanced portfolio of projects comprising of Quick Wins (Kaizen, Workouts, 5S etc.), more complex Llean/ Six Sigma projects and high value strategic projects like supply chain optimizations, supplier Kanbans, inventory strategies etc. He coaches Green & Black Belts on their project execution and is engaged in the Belts complete life cycle – selection, training, coaching & certifi cation. Previously to this role he was with Starwood Hotels and Sheraton Hotel as Director of Six Sigma.

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