Wine management

[Scott Kraft]

originally posted by SFJoe:
Are they using bark corks? Not a very six-sigma material, cork.

This is a typical Six Sigma trick. Remember it's a process. Benchmark with corks. Then spend several months of bizarre discussion with too many people in the room. Come the conclusion that closures could have an effect. Discuss for several months more. Then change to Stelvin or something. Retest. Voila! You've gone 3 factors of sigma in one fell swoop and everyone gets big bonuses! Yippee!

 

[mlawton]

and, in the meantime, your business went in the shitter because you spent so much time worrying about processes and closures and so little time worrying about what your company is good at (making wine).

 

[SFJoe]

originally posted by Scott Kraft:

originally posted by SFJoe:
Are they using bark corks? Not a very six-sigma material, cork.

This is a typical Six Sigma trick. Remember it's a process. Benchmark with corks. Then spend several months of bizarre discussion with too many people in the room. Come the conclusion that closures could have an effect. Discuss for several months more. Then change to Stelvin or something. Retest. Voila! You've gone 3 factors of sigma in one fell swoop and everyone gets big bonuses! Yippee!

This is why I do better in organizations without enough people to crowd into a room.