Self-organizing Six Sigma Program: as-is model and need for changes

Abstract:

The formation of collaborative networks is an important way for organizations to stimulate innovation, reduce costs and transfer knowledge. A particular form of collaborative network - the self-organizing network - has shown great capability to promote the learning of those involved, systematize knowledge and lead to innovation. The Six Sigma programs, adopted by several organizations, have as their main objective the reduction in process variability, thus resulting in lower costs and quality improvement. The literature on self-organizing networks has little on the formation of these types of networks and the literature on Six Sigma is focused on statistical methods. Therefor, the aim of this article is to verify the needs for change in a Six Sigma program that enables the development of a self-organizing network. The case studied was carried out with a large organization, manufacturer of capital goods, where the Six Sigma program modeling was performed. From the generated models, as a result, it was have identified a set of changes needed so that the Six Sigma program can create a self-organizing network.

Keywords:
Self-organizing network; Six Sigma; EKD; Enterprise modeling