DMAIC examples + free webinar
A social post highlighted common shop‑floor breakdowns—rework, waiting, and lack of standardisation—and recommended Six Sigma DMAIC as a fix, while a separate post promoted a free Industrial Knowledge webinar on project selection and real case studies happening today. Both items tie process‑break identification to an available training resource for practitioners. (X / Green International) (X / Industrial Knowledge)
Two manufacturing posts on Monday, April 13, pointed at the same problem: factories still lose time to rework, waiting, and inconsistent work, and trainers are still selling DMAIC as the fix. (x.com) DMAIC stands for Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control, a five-step Six Sigma method for fixing an existing process that is missing its target. The American Society for Quality says teams start by defining the problem and goals, then build a baseline with data before testing and locking in changes. (asq.org) On the shop floor, the examples are concrete: parts get reworked, operators wait for material or approvals, and different shifts do the same job different ways. The American Society for Quality says the control phase ends with standard operating procedures and long-term measurement so gains do not disappear after the project team leaves. (asq.org) Six Sigma treats those breakdowns as process variation, not isolated mistakes. The American Society for Quality says the method aims to reduce defects and errors by controlling inputs that drive outputs. (asq.org) That framing helps explain why project selection keeps coming up in training pitches. Six Sigma projects are supposed to be well-defined efforts tied to business results, not a grab bag of complaints from the line. (asq.org) A separate post from Industrial Knowledge promoted a free webinar happening Monday on project selection and real case studies. The post linked process-improvement instruction to a same-day training event for practitioners looking for examples they can use immediately. (x.com) The pitch lands in a manufacturing sector that is crowded with webinar and template vendors promising practical tools, from project charters and process maps to Pareto charts and failure-mode reviews. Those are the same kinds of tools the American Society for Quality lists across the DMAIC phases. (goleansixsigma.com) (asq.org) The immediate takeaway is narrower than the marketing: before a plant buys software or launches a new initiative, it still has to name the defect, measure the current state, and standardize the fix. That is the old DMAIC promise, and it remains the message in Monday’s posts. (asq.org) (x.com)
