Eddie

I became a BB over 2 years ago. Prior to this position, I had no previous SS experience or knowledge of SS. I was hired because of my demonstrated organizational and project management skills as well as successfully working with teams on process improvements. At the time, I had a bachelor in Information & Operations Management-MIS with a minor i…[Read more]

Adam,
Grateful if you could send me too the card drop game, please.
[email protected]
Thank you,
Eddie

Hi Duncan,
Lean Six Sigma is not only to reduce variation (Mean & Standard Deviation) , but prevent problems from happening and catch opportunites to excel (Merits of both).
Your six components are the basic requirements/typical ones (can’t leave home without it).  Others are Resources Required, Constraints, Team Member Skill-Work M…[Read more]

Lean can applied in anywhere, and it’s good to come with Six Sigma too.
The main themes for Lean are Value, Flow and Pull in every aspect on continuous base.  You can apply many Lean tools in Insurance Industry.  Examples will be VSM, Poka-yoke, TPM, SMED, Waste Matrix, 5S, Kanban,….  Take SMED as a good example.  We have Changeover time for…[Read more]

Hi Dee,
There are procedures for non-normal distributed data:
1) Investigate outliers
2) Increase sample size (no good for you in your case)
3) Investigate the possibility to segment data (with meaning)
4) Study the possibility of sub-grouping based on the Central Limit Theorem
5) Study the possibility of better fit in another…[Read more]

My statement is true, but incomplete.  It should be:
“but falls on, between specifications, or the distance away from the specifications.”  This definition gives meaning to both +ve and -ve Cpk.
Agree?

When I translate French to English,
Cpk indicates how capable the process to produce consistent and stable output that meet customer requirements and expectations when the process is not centered, but falls on or between specifications.Ppk does the same job but in long-term base.
Hope it helps.
Eddie

Thank you Plastic , my e-mail address is [email protected]
note :underscore between chris and powell.
 
 

Like any iniative it needs to be driven from the top and supported by the senior management team who, don`t forget may show resistance to the change process themselves. That`s for starters, then ideally you need a deployment champion ( say MBB ) and a full time change agent (black belts ) to drive the changes through and educate the workforce, set…[Read more]

Nice to be on board too….look forward to lots more forums with you guys in the US ( I`m from Wales UK ).   Oops…..must go it`s Friday 1pm and it`s finishing time.

I have recently become a black belt and don`t recall any of this ‘nonsense’ in the material so you could say I`m ‘duller than you’.However, there are a few websites that may be able to furnish one with the answer :
physicsprofessors.com
I.am.an.anorak.com
trainspottersclub.com
Ineed to get out more.com
good luck!

In 3 sigma control limit, we expect what percentage of points to fall inside the control limit when the process is in control.
a. less than 1%
b. 5%
c. 10%
d. almost all of them

Tottow – Do you have any literature on this particular area of SS, or point me in the right direction where I would be able to locate it online? I’ve tried a search within this site and came up empty. Currently my organization does not train our sales & marketing staff either in GB or BB unless you are a department head.
Regards,
Eddie

mkline: Never came across GBfG you had mentioned in a post. do you have references on the topic, I am in the marketing field.
 

Trev,
Thanks for the note. Maybe small steps is the way to go, as for picking a site, lets go with our corporate site in the US (this would be easier since I am the current site owner).
Site exists for 2 main reasons:
1) Main entrance or gateway, sort of like a portal where users can see what types of products we have and select links for those…[Read more]

Jitan,
Our approach was a little different then most, first thing we did was a Heuristic Evaluation, we had a usability engineer look through all of our sites and based upon a set of usability criteria the engineer made notations on usability defects and provided us with a comprehensive report (i.e different fonts, different navigational systems…[Read more]

Mike C.
I came across your article in Industry Week, May 2002.  Nice simple article on the meeting of Lean and SS.
 
Eddie

Gentlemen,
I too have come to this site and had some fun, but I have had some serious questions too that were really very professionally answered.  I did read all the comments of theis thread and I confess I do see the errors of my ways.  So, its now on with being an example and not being a problem.  
Thanks to all,
Signed,
Ed – my grown up name!

Meet us at Jack Welch’s barn on the next full moon and we’ll fill you in.

Lean Mfg. – Simply means to get lean, eliminate wastes of all types.  Then make sure the waste you eliminate doesn’t reoccur