SigmaForge
Methodologies

Six Sigma is one way in. Not the only one.

Lean, DMAIC, A3, Kaizen, root cause analysis and continuous improvement, each supported by tools that are already in the platform.

See the tools
6
methods
each with real tools
6
problems
they are used for
56
tools
across the loop
13
agents
doing the work
The DataForge analysis library: every analysis as a card with a preview of its chart, its DMAIC phase and its belt level, filterable by phase and belt.
Product screen, demo data

Six methods

Pick the method, or let the problem pick it.

Every method below names the tools that run it, the problems it is used for and the agents behind it.

Method 01

Lean

Take the waste out of the flow, then hold the new standard.

Run with

  • Waste walk
  • 5S audit
  • Kaizen tracker
  • Mistake-proofing
  • Standard work template

Used for

Agents behind it: DocuForge, ProjectSensei

sigmaforge.ai/docuforge
The DocuForge template board: fourteen templates arranged by DMAIC phase, each with its belt level, and the four steps from template to branded PDF.
Product screen, demo dataThe template board, where standard work and SOP sit in Control

Method 02

DMAIC

Define, measure, analyze, improve, control, with a gate between each.

Run with

  • Project workspace
  • Five tollgates
  • Charter template
  • Capability study
  • Control plan

Agents behind it: ImpactMatrix, ProjectSensei, DataForge, DocuForge

sigmaforge.ai/projects
An enterprise project workspace in the Improve phase: DMAIC gates across the top, phase tools, the team task board, deliverables, the tollgate and an AI phase summary.
Product screen, demo dataA project in Improve, with the five gates across the top

Method 03

A3

One page that carries the problem, the cause, the plan and the result.

Run with

  • A3 template
  • Fishbone
  • Pareto
  • Pilot plan

Agents behind it: DataForge, ProjectSensei

sigmaforge.ai/docuforge
DocuForge describe step for a control plan: the project record attached, the process name and key output variables filled in, and a checklist marked ready before the draft runs.
Product screen, demo dataA DocuForge brief: the project attached, the questions answered

Method 04

Kaizen

Small improvements, run quickly, with the before and after measured.

Run with

  • Kaizen tracker
  • Idea hopper
  • Control chart
  • Pilot plan

Agents behind it: ProjectSensei, DocuForge

sigmaforge.ai/org/hopper
The idea hopper: counts by stage, open ideas ranked by priority score with impact, effort, confidence and fit, and a form to submit a new idea.
Product screen, demo dataThe idea hopper, ranked by impact, effort, confidence and fit

Method 05

Root cause analysis

Get past the symptom to the thing that is actually causing it.

Run with

  • Fishbone
  • Five whys
  • Pareto
  • Multi-vari study
  • Regression

Agents behind it: DataForge, DocuForge, ProjectSensei

sigmaforge.ai/dataforge
The DataForge analysis library: every analysis as a card with a preview of its chart, its DMAIC phase and its belt level, filterable by phase and belt.
Product screen, demo dataThe analysis library, filed by DMAIC phase and belt

Method 06

Continuous improvement

A steady flow of ideas becoming projects becoming standards.

Run with

  • Idea hopper
  • Tollgates
  • Benefit validation
  • Control plan
  • Reaction plan

Agents behind it: ImpactMatrix, ProjectSensei, DocuForge, DataForge

sigmaforge.ai/projects
A completed project: all five DMAIC gates approved, savings validated at sign-off, the deliverables from every phase, and the team.
Product screen, demo dataA closed project: five gates approved, savings validated

Problems we solve

Which method each problem is worked with.

Read across from the problem you have. Each mark is a method that problem's page names.
The six problems and the methods each one is worked with
ProblemLeanDMAICA3KaizenRoot cause analysisContinuous improvement
Value & ROIYesYes
Continuous ImprovementYesYes
QualityYesYes
Process OptimizationYesYesYes
LeanYesYes
Operational ExcellenceYesYes

The agents behind them

The agents the problem pages lean on.

Whichever method you run, these are the agents doing the work. The moving panel on each card is the shape of what it returns.

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