Collaboration: the source of competitive advantage
Market and Knowledge Newsletter April 2008
The onesixsigma.com Market Newsletter for the Six Sigma and Lean Professional
Welcome to the Market and Knowledge Newsletter for April.
As regular readers will know, onesixsigma.com is not all about Six Sigma. Lean has, of course, been synonymous with Six Sigma for some time now, and over recent months we have been gradually expanding our palate to include other areas of business improvement and innovation. Change Management, Supply Chain Management, BPM, Kaizen and Innovation itself have all been featured as they have become more important and relevant to the quality professional.
Many of the articles and white papers we have published have emphasised how Six Sigma is most effective when used in collaboration with other methodologies. Indeed, collaboration seems to be the keyword in business at the moment, with communities of practice and other hugely efficient collaborative networks being used to great effect . A recent Harvard Business School study claimed that “…collaboration is no longer ‘nice to have’. It is a competitive necessity”
In accord with this spirit of collaboration, we want to involve you more in the topics that onesixsigma.com covers. Are there any important topics that we are missing? Are there some areas we are not paying enough attention to? Or some industries? Do you have particular knowledge to share with the community on any of the areas mentioned above, or anything else that falls within the broad remit of improvement and innovation? Get in touch and help expand our knowledge.
You can use the contact form on the site (follow the link in the top right hand corner of every page) or phone me direct on +44 (0) 870 145 1616. Alternatively, there is a post on the forum: http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8363
We will be publishing an article on communities of practice with some outstanding examples of collaboration in action. If you would like to know more, this month’s User Group Meeting organized by i&i will focus on Communities of Practice. For more information, go here: http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/7906
Recent articles and white papers:
Integration management in financial services - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8357 "Everybody is responsible for innovation" Interview with Dr Phil Samuel, CIO of BMG - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8331 Error-nomics: a plural noun describing the science that deals with the identification, removal, and prevention of wasted time, effort, and money. - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8160 What is... an Affinity Diagram? - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8234 Optimising supply chain metrics - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8324 Defining Six Sigma projects - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8257See you next month.
Best regards
Matthew Moore
Market News:
Crystal Ball | PRESS RELEASE
Catalyst | PRESS RELEASE
BMG | PRESS RELEASE
Smallpeice | PRESS RELEASE
Error-nomics: course details - http://www.onesixsigma.com/node/8159
Catalyst | PRESS RELEASE
