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JIT Six Sigma™
Build Black Belt capability by executing a real project and learning methods when the work requires them.
ABOUT PROJECTFIRST SIGMA™
Problems first.
Problems first.
Methods second.
ProjectFirst Sigma™ was created around a simple belief: methods create value when they help people solve real problems, make better decisions and build capability that lasts beyond the engagement.
Why ProjectFirst Sigma
Capability should survive the course.
Traditional training often separates learning from execution. ProjectFirst Sigma takes the opposite approach: begin with the problem, identify the decision that must be made, learn the method when it becomes relevant, apply it immediately, and keep the thinking for the next challenge.
Learn what you need. Apply it immediately. Build judgment you can use again.
CORE PRINCIPLES
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Project first
Begin with a real problem worth solving.
Begin with a real problem worth solving.
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Right tool, right time
Use methods because the decision requires them.
Use methods because the decision requires them.
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Evidence over assumption
Separate plausible causes from validated causes.
Separate plausible causes from validated causes.
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Transfer capability
Leave people stronger for the next problem.
Leave people stronger for the next problem.
Founder & instructor
Anshu Suri
Anshu is an engineering and quality leader with more than 20 years of experience across medical devices, quality systems, design assurance, packaging engineering, regulated product development and operational improvement.
His work has included leading cross-functional teams, building quality and engineering systems, establishing practical KPIs, reducing recurring quality issues, improving process performance and translating statistical methods into decisions that teams can actually use.
He is an ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and an Adjunct Professor at St. Cloud State University, where he teaches graduate-level courses including Quality Engineering, Lean Six Sigma and Operational Excellence.
PRACTITIONER BACKGROUND
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Quality & regulated systems
Quality systems, design assurance, CAPA/NCMR, risk management, audit readiness and compliance.
Quality systems, design assurance, CAPA/NCMR, risk management, audit readiness and compliance.
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Process improvement
DMAIC, Lean, SPC, capability, root-cause analysis and practical statistical decision making.
DMAIC, Lean, SPC, capability, root-cause analysis and practical statistical decision making.
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Leadership & governance
Team leadership, KPIs, stakeholder alignment, project governance and executive communication.
Team leadership, KPIs, stakeholder alignment, project governance and executive communication.
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Teaching & coaching
Graduate instruction and hands-on project coaching designed around application rather than memorization.
Graduate instruction and hands-on project coaching designed around application rather than memorization.
Why this work
Better systems. Earlier insight. Stronger problem solvers.
ProjectFirst Sigma brings the same problem-first philosophy to training, Predictive Quality and consulting.
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Predictive Quality
Connect quality and operational signals so organizations can identify emerging risk earlier and respond with stronger evidence.
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Consulting & SOW
Take on focused quality, operational excellence and analytics initiatives with defined scope, outcomes and capability transfer.
Selected practitioner impact
Built in real operating environments.
The philosophy behind ProjectFirst Sigma comes from years of solving quality and operational problems where the answer was rarely a textbook tool by itself.
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Recurring issue reduction
Led improvement work that reduced repeat nonconformances by approximately 70%.
Led improvement work that reduced repeat nonconformances by approximately 70%.
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Business impact
Delivered Lean Six Sigma and operational improvements with measurable cost, margin and efficiency benefits.
Delivered Lean Six Sigma and operational improvements with measurable cost, margin and efficiency benefits.
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Scalable systems
Built standardized processes, metrics and governance mechanisms designed to work across teams and sites.
Built standardized processes, metrics and governance mechanisms designed to work across teams and sites.
Independent practice. ProjectFirst Sigma™ and JIT Six Sigma™ are independent training, coaching and consulting offerings. References to external certification bodies or standards are for education, alignment and preparation purposes only and do not imply affiliation or endorsement.
Start with the problem.
Whether the next step is coaching, Predictive Quality or a focused consulting engagement, the conversation begins with what you are trying to improve.