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Fishing for Defects
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Featured Blog Entry: iSixSigma Conference Survey By Michael Marx
iSixSigma Live! wants to know what you want out of an in-person event. We invite you to participate in a short survey about business process improvement conferences.
How many conferences do you attend a year? What do you expect out of a conference? Where would you like to see the next iSixSigma Live! event? These are just a few of the questions we ask in a short 16-question survey.
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Recent Blog Entries
"Fishing for Defects" by Gary P. Cox
http://blogs.isixsigma.com/archive/fishing_for_defects.html
Recent Blog Comments
Training: Enough, Already?
I don't think it's a question of doing too much or too little training, but rather a question of doing the most effective training to the right group of people. It's probably worth investing some time in identifying these individuals in terms of leadership skills, aptitude and project management skills before spending huge amounts of time and money in training. Once these individuals are properly identified, then by all means, provide all the training they need to be effective process improvement experts. Having said that I think basic yellow belt and awareness training for everyone else is essential in driving program success.
http://blogs.isixsigma.com/archive/training_enough_already.html#2600
Definitely a balance is needed. On my recent past experience we train more than 500 people in the organization but the executives did not see value on that. From mid last year up today we change the strategy and we train by doing it (a mix of in class and in project training), and we also found other variables...
http://blogs.isixsigma.com/archive/training_enough_already.html#2601
Tej makes a great point - think about the basics first! And Orlando shares some valuable experience about doing massive training vs projects supported by training, and the importance of bringing value to the organization. Thank you both for adding to this conversation!
http://blogs.isixsigma.com/archive/training_enough_already.html#2602
Guest Blog: Data Heads
"Short Run SPC" by Evan Miller
Lately I've been hearing more and more interest in Short Run SPC (Statistical Process Control). Maybe it's because of the economy, or maybe it's because more manufacturers are adopting lean production techniques with goals for Zero Setup Time. Whatever the cause, more manufacturers seem to be shifting to shorter and shorter production runs.
Some people jump to the conclusion that they can't apply SPC with runs of any one product that are shorter than, say, eight or ten hours. In my experience, this is because they're thinking only of Variable SPC, or because they're thinking the 'P' in SPC stands for Product instead of Process.
The problem, of course, is that when you base a control chart on the product, you may plot a series of points for a couple hours, and then put the chart away for a couple months until you run that product again. When you pick up the chart again, the first set of points you plotted have almost nothing to do with what you're doing today. You end up with a stack of meaningless charts with mostly meaningless and disconnected data on them.
In most situations you can eliminate this problem using what I like to call 'clever coding' techniques. I'll describe these techniques in more detail in another post. Right now I want to explain when you can and can't use clever coding...
http://www.hertzler.com/blog/dataheads/index.php/2009/06/short-run-spc/
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