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Blogs
Blogs from iSixSigma Version 1.0 and 2.0 (Years 2000 to 2011).
Case Study: Optimizing Fuel Economy
Late last year, I decided to upgrade my vehicle. For seven years I’d driven a Honda Civic. It was nothing special, just a reliable vehicle with good gas mileage – the perfect commuter car. But now I’ve got two kids,…
Best Practices for Data Management and System Improvement
Does your data management sometimes feel as if a giant load of sand has been dumped on your head? You may want to build a sand castle, but without some sense of order, all you’ll end up with is a…
Process Improvement in the Age of Smart Manufacturing
Adding passive, non-obtrusive, sensor technology to continuously monitor operations – people, machines, and products – provides a much greater opportunity than merely making machines smarter.
Collecting Ideas for Improvement – ASPIRE
How does an organization begin collecting ideas for improvements? A mid-sized hospital system in northeast Ohio implemented an employee continuous improvement program called ASPIRE.
5 Suggestions for an OpEX Practitioner in a Digital World
Unless continuous improvement teams embrace the new paradigm, their ability to affect the world will get smaller and smaller.
Understanding Permutations and Combinations
Permutations are for lists (where order matters) and combinations are for groups (where order doesn’t matter). In other words: A permutation is an ordered combination.
Case Study: 5S in Practice
This is an example of an implementation of 5S that reduced the time to generate a report from three hours to ten minutes.
A Macro That Writes Macros
Many macros start with three steps. Start your macro writing process by using a macro that writes macros.
What Are Organizations Missing When They Focus Only on Lean?
As a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt for many years I get why many organizations have a focus on Lean. But on the downside, because the projects tend to be smaller in nature, they tend not to be tracked, aggregated or leveraged; therefore, the net impact is not as noticeable as it should be.
Driving Change One Project at a Time
When you try to perform process improvement, whether for cost, quality or other reasons, you will often find yourself in an environment where the status quo is the status quo.
Rural American Healthcare – A Willing Group Needing Six Sigma Assistance
Our small county hospital could not find doctors to come to our town and work.
Candidate Selection: Motivate the Best People to Choose Six Sigma
The question is not how do we choose candidates but rather how do we cause A-players to choose to become Black Belts?
How Much Training Is Needed to Create Good Black Belts?
One would think that with the levels of standardization and process efficiency we drive in Lean Six Sigma that there would be consensus on how much training a certified Black Belt should receive. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Everybody, Every Day: What’s Next for the Professional Problem Solver?
From safety to quality to productivity, there’s a trend in the way organizations have approached process-oriented movements. Starting as the responsibility of an individual or a group of people, to be successful, the movement inevitably shifts to shared accountability – it becomes the responsibility of everybody, every day.
Replenishment System
The Cox-Box: Replenishment System
Growing Your Business
Organizations retreat to their comfort zones when challenged with achieving higher levels of success. Frequently, this results in controlling the bottom line. Continuous improvement can be used to enable top-line growth.
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