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Industry Week, BASF Breaks Through with Statistics "Looking at the results from more than 11,000 experiments during 20 years-ranging from process industries such as chemical and paper producers to discrete manufacturers, sales operations, telemarketing and even cover designs for the National Enquire-QualPro has found that 53% of the ideas it tests don't have a significant impact, 22% of ideas actually make a process worse, and about 25% improve it. And there's no correlation between where the good ideas come from and job title..." "...Six Sigma practitioners, who typically begin their improvement projects by evaluation the capability of monitoring systems, and who also apply DOE methods to tackle particularly difficult problems. One of the differences at BASF is that such projects aren't directed from the top down by a few highly training black belts but follow an empowered team-based approach." "In the experimental phase this bottom-up approach has proven to be particularly valuable because it involves everyone in the search for possible solutions..." "BASF has been conducting these types of experiments in Freeport since the early 1990s. When asked why BASF still needs to bring in a consultant after so many years, {Merritt} Sink says that experience is extremely important on these types of projects and the targeted savings are significant enough that the cost is not hard to justify." Request a reprint of the entire article. |
Since 1982, QualPro has used Multivariable Testing (MVT®) with 1000+ companies to test 100,000+ improvement ideas. MVT® tests between 20 and 40 ideas simultaneously, accurately predicting the bottom-line impact of potential process changes in as short as 12 weeks. Take existing process initiatives, like Six Sigma, to a whole new level. All process improvement tools and approaches (TQM, DOE, Six Sigma, Re-Engineering, SPC) can be enhanced through the use of Multivariable Testing® by QualPro.
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