Balanced Scorecard, Communities of Practice and Hoshin Kanri
Market and Knowledge Newsletter March 2008
The onesixsigma.com Market Newsletter for the Six Sigma and Lean Professional
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Welcome to the Knowledge & Market newsletter for March.
Over the next few weeks on onesixsigma.com we will be taking a look at Balanced Scorecard, Communities of Practice, and Hoshin Kanri.
The concept of Balanced Scorecard was introduced by Kaplan and Norton in the early 90s, and it would be fair to say that it has had considerable success in many organisations, revolutionising strategic management systems and making strategy and business improvement much more visible and manageable.
Communities of Practice are a newer concept that have the potential to revolutionise not only how an business improves its processes, but also how it improves and innovates it's entire organisation. Collaboration is a hot topic within the business world, and Communities of Practice provide the means for successful collaboration.
We will also be looking at Hoshin Kanri, the policy deployment methodology based on Deming's PDCA cycle that has seen an increase in attention due to it's association with Toyota.
Our official events partner, i&i, is organising a User Group Meeting (UGM) on these subjects, which will take place on the 25th April in London, UK. Numbers will be restricted to ensure high quality collaboration. Companies attending this UGM include DuPont, Royal Mail, Shell International, Starwood Hotels, TNT Express, Virgin Media and Vodafone. Follow this link to register your interest.
http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/7906
If your area of expertise is any of these three subjects, then please get in touch to discuss ways in which you can get involved in both the online content and the upcoming UGM.
Recent articles you may have missed on onesixsigma.com:
The last month has seen some interesting papers and case studies published on onesixsigma.com, covering subjects as diverse as applying Lean concepts to data analysis to Innovation tools for change agents, through a case study of the world’s largest Six Sigma deployment and beyond to Open Systems Thinking.
Visual Six Sigma: making data analysis Lean - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8053 The system behind the world's largest Six Sigma deployment : a DuPont case study - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8015 Review: Innovation Tools for Change Agents 5-day training class - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8035 FAT results from Lean: a process approach to Lean success, part 1 - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8144Do you have something to contribute to the onesixsigma.com community? Would you like to share your story, or idea, or knowledge? Getting published on onesixsigma.com is easy, and we are particularly interested in non-English content. Get in touch with me using the contact form on the site or by calling 0870 145 1616.
See you next month.
Best regards
Matthew Moore
Market News:
Venturehaus | PRESS RELEASE
The popular view is that Operational Excellence, risk management and regulatory compliance are, to an extent, mutually exclusive. The objectives behind each prevent the others being achieved...except by luck, don't they? - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8168
Catalyst | PRESS RELEASE
How much waste and rework is going on in your organisation and how much effort is being invested to reduce or eliminate the root causes of the underlying problems? - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8165
Catalyst | PRESS RELEASE
You want to have a more cost effective and efficient organisation, but recognise you could probably do with some guidance and support to help you achieve this. - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8159
BMG to Host Leadership Development Workshops in London
BMG | PRESS RELEASE
Leaders aren't born, they are made. And when you learn the secrets of managing change and inspiring others, you can transform your style to become a leader others trust and follow. To help individuals accelerate their leadership skills, BMG is bringing its Train the Trainer and Change Leadership workshops to London. - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8136
Minitab 15 Tips and Tricks Webinar
Minitab | PRESS RELEASE
Minitab is now offering webinars to show quality professionals how to use process improvement software to make Six Sigma projects easier. - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8050
