OPTIMAS PhD students skilled in efficient project management
The certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt Prof. Dr. Marcellus Peuckert explained the Six Sigma methodology in a two-day OPTIMAS course. A company simulation illustrated the effectiveness, advantages and limits of the Six Sigma approach to the participants.
On November 14-15, 2019, a workshop on project management with Lean Six Sigma took place as part of the OPTIMAS course program. Twenty OPTIMAS PhD students were introduced to the systemic Six Sigma methodology of project management and learned the basic concepts of lean production and lean management. The Six Sigma methodology is used to assess the quality of a process in the company. If the process capability index of Six Sigma is reached, a process runs within the specification limits required by a customer to at least 99.999% error-free. The core element of the methodology is the combination of quality tools in a systematic order - the DMAIC cycle (Define - Measure - Analyse - Improve - Control) - to improve the quality of processes and products.
Supported by the company simulation of a small logistics company, the participants went through the individual phases of the DMAIC cycle. After the theoretical introduction to numerous quality tools in project management, the PhD students were allowed to use them to quantify the problems of the simulated company and to analyze the cause-effect relationships. Based on this, the participants, divided into two groups, worked out solutions for process optimization and tested their implementation in additional simulation cycles.
The course was led by Prof. Dr. Marcellus Peuckert. He has been teaching study modules on Six Sigma, statistics, business excellence and sustainability management at the Provadis University since 2006. Prof. Peuckert is a certified Master Black Belt and in this function has implemented the Six Sigma methodology in the Infraserv Höchst group during his 20 years of industrial experience.
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Dr.-Ing. Aneta Daxinger, Dr. Linda Hofherr
Management Office OPTIMAS
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