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 To the originator of this question, the answer was simple, SURVIVAL.
In the late 70’s Motorola began to understand the cost of poor quality when customers were returning products which had defects. Defects were causing products to fail, which led to inefficiency and reduced profits. Motorola admitted that their quality ‘stunk’ and in 1983 employed the methodology of Six Sigma. The result of this decision had a yield of $15 billion dollars to the corporation.
Six Sigma is now generally recognised as the ‘Global Best Practice’ approach to process management and improvement. Companies and governments throughout the world have adopted the Six Sigma approach to business management with amazing results and with benefits now counted in the billions of dollars.
At Drake International Six Sigma Black Belt is an integral part of the deployment strategy of the Six Sigma framework and a key player in leading the push towards improvement throughout organisations. Current programs for Black Belt certification are time-consuming. They ignore the existing skill sets of candidates and require all candidates to complete courses in their entirety. With limited resources in organisations available for efficient delivery of products and services, this places a great deal of stress on the workplace as individuals need to be absent from their workstations for lengthy periods of time.
However, the Drake Training Six Sigma Black Belt program has been expertly designed to allow for the recognition of existing skills and to deliver content information in a less disruptive fashion. This, in turn, ensures minimal loss of productivity. Specifically, the program acknowledges the existing project management skills and past Quality exposure of individuals and focuses on key deliverables within the Six Sigma method. It also provides for formal certification in 6 days rather than the standard 6-18 months. And it does all this at a cost that is significantly below that of traditional programs.
Drastic times require certainty and what better way to survive from an organisational perspective than through the Six Sigma Methodology. For more information click here. |
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| Reducing the costs of contractor management with the click of a mouse
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 How do you save $90,000 per annum off the cost of managing contract staff, without compromising work quality or productivity?
One of the Southern Hemisphere's largest local government entities faced a challenging mix of objectives: continuously reducing costs whilst improving productivity, adopting leading-edge, innovative work practices and maintaining their 'employer of choice' status across a large and culturally diverse workforce.
The organisation recognised that the best approach to meeting these objectives was to partner with a single provider with the same vision.
But how could a single provider streamline contractor ordering, invoicing and management, measurably reduce costs and improve productivity, and attract and retain the best fit employees for the organisations' objectives?
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| Why the companies are offshoring?
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 Over the years offshore outsourcing has increased at a rapid pace due to advancement in technology, better connectivity and access to low cost labour. By outsourcing back office business processes to less expensive nations like China, India, Philippines or Malaysia, companies can cut costs, concentrate on their core business, and ensure better customer satisfaction. A recent report suggests that US firms have saved billions through outsourcing to developing nations like the Philippines.
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