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Indeed.
We won’t see the full benefits which 6S helps to deliver by just sending a couple of people but surely there are some – esp. for the individuals who go.
 
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Nice point re Bed Turns. Thanks.
The thing that is giving me heartburn right now is the thought that nothing seems to measure the amount of effort which people are putting in to the existing flow rate.
If our flow measurement for current state is 95 (made-up number), then we could say that at least 15 of this is due to particular staff members…[Read more]

Have a look through the items in the blue bar to the left of your screen sir.
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Also,
 
LOS may not be directly (or clearly) effected by cohorting but the Dr would have more time to spend with patients as opposed to walking great distances when they are dispersed (ie more Value Added (VA) time and less wasted effort).
 
You may not see Length Of Stay (LOS) decreasing (its one of those numbers that is difficult to see m…[Read more]

Thanks folks.

Sorry, clunky borrowed computer…

tottow,
Another way to do it is to say that such a small sample doesn’t give a representative picture of the population.
You could illustrate by drawing a few different distributions: A fat normal one (no smart comments please), a thin normal and a left skewed. Then randomly pick a too-small sample from each and show that you get a distribution…[Read more]

Not exactly what you are looking for, but Brit gathered some information using this forum. Take a look at the following thread:
http://healthcare.isixsigma.com/forum/showthread.asp?messageID=1797
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A quick question:
Is a Healthcare background essential to functioning as a Black Belt in a hospital or could someone from another sector do it (assuming they had decent 6S experience).
What extra challenges would they face? Are there any advantages?

Trish,
I don’t know what your new opportunity involves but in making the move back to the wild I was really surprised at how little of the 6S stuff I used. The most useful thing was to deal with problems using the DMAIC structure. Define clearly what the issue was first…
That and assess the measurement system before you start believing its r…[Read more]

BB,
Canada eh?
Me too.
What’s your e-mail address?
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MB,
Simplest way to do it:
Cut the numbers out of Minitab, stick them in Excel, format as you need and then stick them back into Minitab
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I’ll agree with Lass on this one, with one proviso:
If you are comparing a sample to a single value to determine if the means are the same or different,
and
n>30
Then use the One-sample-Z (which is pronounced “Zed” by the way).
If
If you are comparing a sample to a single value to determine if the means are the same or different,…[Read more]

Start at the beginning.
Gather a team of people who know area – local area experts. They will provide the local area expertise to solve the problem. The BB is the person with the tools, not all the answers.
Just make sure in the first team meeting to identify the issue and get everyone wanting to solve it. Life gets easier after that (sort…[Read more]

Andy/IE,
Be careful not to alienate the materials manager. Unless he is going to get removed in the very near future (unlikely), the probability is that they will be a major player in any solution. The (second) last thing you want to do is to make them oppose any change that is proposed.
He is a yahoo – yes, but one who is in a position which…[Read more]

You could do a hyp test comparing the before and after situations to prove the difference is real or not. Then to highlight the step change, recalculate the average, UCL and LCL at the point when the alteration to the process would have taken effect.
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3rd attempt.
Short answer – yes
There is a splendid graph that you can plot (it’s an option available from the Attribute Agreement command). Numbers are also available in the session window. Have a play to find it.
 
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Second attempt.
I’ve asked the administrator to attach the graph file.
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I’ve included a in this post that you can generate from the “Attribute Agreement” menu option. Each red line represents an op.
 
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Amazon second hand-bookstore can turn up some hard-to-find things too. Just watch that you are getting a recent edition.
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