MrMHead

“Just as Toyota moves from one crisis, the Prius recall, it now can move to yet another: mounting complaints about electric power steering on 2009 and 2010 Corollas.”From USAToday.They have the media’s /public’s attention … now they are going to pay for it.”This time, it would look into possible power steering defects in the Corolla, the…[Read more]

Yes – right – I was thinking steady state.

I was thinking the same thing – that this (all 3 “this” ‘s ) got media over-inflated.
And what is Toyota to do but react in an equally inflated way.Yes – Perception is everything – it even outweighs the truth in too many cases.
Just watch this coming election season with the corporate funding limits thrown out.But I still don’t buy that a…[Read more]

I was gonna suggest the first three month plan include SS-BB training…

What are your project CTQs?Are they always for the same set of customers? If not, I wouldn’t get too wound up in using surveys as a measuring device within the project. You need to find something closer to the process to measure for success.

Better than that – I can provide you with a whole thread on Percentages:http://www.isixsigma.com/forum/showthread.asp?messageID=157705 . . found via google

Attribute data is more of a non-linear description – Red, Green, Blue … Yes – No / Pass – Fail … short – medium – long.Do you mean Continuous or Discrete?Time can be treated as either – Depending on your situation, your gauge/measurement.How does your software report the results. In minutes (discrete) or decimals of minutes…[Read more]

OK – I’m just plain wrong – I’m asking for clarification here.Is there not some kind of “Thing” to watch what is going into your process so you can be fairly certain that it will perform successfully?If you’re just watching what is coming out of a process – and you see a defect – it’s too late. Wouldn’t it be nice to have some defined Limits or…[Read more]

But Marcy isn’t looking to predict death rates.
Her concern is with the rate of forms arriving to be processed.
She has already indicated that there is a wide variability of time between the time of death and when the forms are submitted.

. . maybe I should have used USL and LSL rather than +/- Y for clarity.F(x’) = LSL + z
F(x”) = USL – z

Not to argue, but to understand:
If your customer says acceptable limits are +/- Y, that would be your Specification Limits.Your process [ F(x)=y ] output has a variability of z for a given range of input (+/- x)You want your production output to remain within the spec limits (+/-Y):
F(x’) = Y – z , F(x”) = Y + zSo the input to your process…[Read more]

Is there an upper limit to the number of forms you can successfully handle in a specific (required?) time period?
If you detect that, can you adjust something downstream to accommodate?
Is there a lower limit where there is too much idle time / not enough work which wastes time/money?(correct me if I’m wrong)
Control limits are based on process…[Read more]

In the past, the rising and setting of the sun produced another day.
String enough of those events together and you get a full year. And eventually you should get to 2012.Weather and seasons may have a correlation, but I don’t think they are causative.I would use Sunrise and Sunset as your x’s. Plot it out to make sure the process is stable.…[Read more]

Re “Oh Well” by Fleetwood MacAre you referring to the lines:
“I can’t help about the shape I’m in.
I can’t sing, I ain’t pretty, and my legs are thin”?

IMHO, The real value of DMAIC lies in the time and effort you spend in D.
What are you trying to do and why? Tie your project to business needs ($) and get the attention of upper mgmt.
Keep that D in mind as you work through the M and identify WHAT DATA you need to collect. Once you have the RIGHT DATA, the analysis should tell you the…[Read more]

Don’t forget to find some good slogans to use – those are always good marketing tools.Or trinkets – Hand out some SS coffee cups, a compaSS or BB dog whistles!

1 mistake – savings START in the 3rd month, so it’s only 2 months of no savings.
So add 2 months to your answer after dividing (23+6) by 3.

Where did 24k come from?What are your total costs – regardless of time?
Divide by monthly savings and add 3 (your first 3 months of 0 savings)

Hey!
Isn’t that an answer from the oral portion of the online certification exam?

Then it shouldn’t be long before we see another post asking about the Lt sigma shift. That always gets a flurry of responses!