6sigmaWhat is Six Sigma?

Six Sigma is a scientific-based process for improving the quality and profitability of nearly any business. Six Sigma is similar to the 1980’s movement of Total Quality Improvement (TQM). The Six Sigma difference is in the injection of the scientific method, emphasis on objective data gathering, and statistical measurement through a process known as DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Implement, Control). Six Sigma also includes other techniques such as SIPOC analysis (Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers), DMADV (Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, Verify), and root cause analysis.

What makes Cobbweb Associates’ Six Sigma Unique?

The critical difference is the psychological component of the scientific process. Most process improvement projects fail because people generally say they favor change…as long as someone else is doing the changing. This resistance to change can be overt or covert and can undermine the best intentions of a quality improvement initiative. The process improvement strategy Cobbweb Associates has developed addresses resistance to change directly by integrating the psychology of change into the quality improvement process itself.

Healthcare Six Sigma: Six Sigma is not just for manufacturing.

General Electric and Motorola made Six Sigma famous, but Cobbweb Associates makes it achievable in the healthcare industry. Cobbweb Associates uses a unique combination of DMAIC and Lean processes to optimize clinical and financial performance in any size healthcare organization.