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Six Sigma DMAIC Project

Kaiser Permanente

Project Leader/Green Belt: Jonathan Markworth, PMP Project Leader: Pamela Silvani, Quality Leader Kaiser Permanente Asset Management Project Start Date: July 24, 2003

Master Black Belt: Steven Bonacorsi

Six Sigma in Action Contract - HW Serial# Accuracy


Customer Profile 95,000 seat Health Care company
Process Capability Before

Business Problem & Impact


Asset / Contract Management Completeness & Accuracy Multiple CMDB Repositories / Poor Data Sharing $1.6mm Labor Efficiency Opportunity Undetermined contract compliance (overspend) costs

19 Defects 10%

176 Success 90%

Measure & Analyze


Data Collection: Focused on Data Center Root Causes: Vendor Process Delays Contract Association, Multiple Configuration Management Databases (CMDB) Conflicts in Data, non-Normalized databases

Z_ST = 2.7

Process Capability After

Improve & Control


Record pending contract nominations / visible to end-user Collapsed nine (9) independent CMDBs to one (1)

1 Defect 1%

120 Success 99%

Results/Benefits
TBD (Control Measurement in Q1 2004)
Z_ST = 4.1

A Savings of US $2,256K Annually

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