Chris Seider

Poka Yoke Regression

Use Realistic Tolerancing and Poka-yoke for Process Control

Published: by Chris Seider

Many organizations attempt to improve their processes. The first instinct for many new quality personnel is to attempt 100 percent inspection. A more experienced approach to quality control is to control your inputs to eliminate defects. Consider the following scenario for an organization that had a limited capital budget but needed to ensure its product […]

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Metrics Project Selection & Tracking

Successful LSS Projects Start with Proper Metric Selection

Published: by Chris Seider

A successful Lean Six Sigma (LSS) project will produce either breakthrough performance – a shift in the mean or median – or variation reduction – a shift in the standard deviation or variation. How do you know your project has undergone a shift in the process that benefits the business? If there has been a […]

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Kaizen

Kaizen for Productivity: Keeping Employees Engaged and On Track

Updated: by Chris Seider

Two common questions for people new to the Lean Six Sigma community are: “What is Kaizen?” and “Why would you run a Kaizen event as part of a Lean Six Sigma project?” This article describes what a Kaizen event is and addresses how to run successful Kaizen events. In “A Plan for a Five-day Kaizen” the […]

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