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Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

The business world is more volatile than ever before. Market shifts, cyber threats, and regulatory changes can appear overnight. If you run a business, you might feel like you are constantly putting out fires instead of preventing them. This is where a solid strategy...
How SSDSI Helps Students Earn Six Sigma Green Belt

How SSDSI Guides Your Six Sigma Green Belt Certification Journey?

Congratulations on finishing your Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course! You have completed the classroom part. You spent time learning the skills and tools that change how businesses work. Now, you stand at a crucial point. It is the time to earn your recognized status....

Common Barriers and Risks to a Successful Six Sigma Change Project

Implementing a Six Sigma change project is a powerful way to improve processes, reduce waste, and increase efficiency. However, many projects face hurdles that can derail progress or lead to failure. Understanding these common barriers and risks is crucial for project...
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Quality by Design (QbD): Blueprint for Building Quality

Quality by Design (QbD) is a proactive approach to creating high-quality products and processes right from the initial design phase. Rather than relying solely on end-point testing or corrective actions, QbD builds quality into each step of development, bringing...
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How SSDSI Helps Students with Six Sigma Black Belt Certification?

Achieving a Six Sigma Black Belt certification is a career-defining milestone for professionals who want to lead process improvement projects and drive organizational excellence. Yet, the journey from training to certification can often seem complex. This is...
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How Six Sigma can improve DIFOT Rate?

In an industry defined by precision engineering and exhilarating performance, the gap between a product's potential and its arrival in the customer's hands can determine success or failure. The roar of a supercharged engine and the thrill of incredible speed mean...
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What Is a Klout Score?

A Klout score was a number between 1 and 100 that measured a person’s influence across social media platforms. Launched in 2008, Klout became famous for quantifying how much impact someone had online, based on their activity and engagement. The higher the score, the...
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How to Handle Large or Complex Data Sets in Excel for Six Sigma

Working with large or complex data sets is a common challenge in Six Sigma projects. Excel remains one of the most popular tools for data analysis due to its flexibility, accessibility, and powerful built-in features. However, managing extensive or intricate data in...
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How do you align QFD in Six Sigma with your organization’s strategy and goals?

Aligning Quality Function Deployment (QFD) with Six Sigma initiatives and your organization’s strategy ensures every improvement effort delivers customer value and supports long-term business objectives. This guide breaks down the process, best practices, and...
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Data Quality Tools

Data drives every modern business. You make decisions based on it, build strategies around it, and even trust AI models with it. But what happens when that data hides errors? Bad data costs companies billions each year in lost revenue and poor choices. Enter data...

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Latest Posts

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

The business world is more volatile than ever before. Market shifts, cyber threats, and regulatory changes can appear overnight. If you run a business, you might feel like you are constantly putting out fires instead of preventing them. This is where a solid strategy...

read more
Quality by Design (QbD): Blueprint for Building Quality

Quality by Design (QbD): Blueprint for Building Quality

Quality by Design (QbD) is a proactive approach to creating high-quality products and processes right from the initial design phase. Rather than relying solely on end-point testing or corrective actions, QbD builds quality into each step of development, bringing...

read more
How Six Sigma can improve DIFOT Rate?

How Six Sigma can improve DIFOT Rate?

In an industry defined by precision engineering and exhilarating performance, the gap between a product's potential and its arrival in the customer's hands can determine success or failure. The roar of a supercharged engine and the thrill of incredible speed mean...

read more

Meet The Author

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Kevin Clay, MBB

Kevin is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and President of Six Sigma Development Solutions, Inc. Moreover, Kevin has spent over 25 years in the trenches of process improvement and Six Sigma implementation. He’s seen everything from amazing successes to total disasters. As a Master Black Belt and executive consultant, he’s helped companies across all industries transform how they work.

What makes Kevin different isn’t his impressive resume. It’s his core belief that our biggest failures teach us the most valuable lessons. Through authentic conversations and real stories, he creates a space where professionals can learn from others’ mistakes without having to make them all themselves.

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