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  • November 17, 2004 at 8:28 pm #37575

    AlexP
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    Hi,
    I ‘ve started my phD on SS and i’m currently looking on integration of lean -SS. I would really appreciate if you could please list a number of companies using lean six sigma in order to post some questionnaires( european companies preferably). Any further information(journals, articles, case studies) on lean six sigma would be as well helpful.
    Kind Regards,
    Alex  

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    November 17, 2004 at 9:13 pm #110888

    Mike Carnell
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    alexp,
    The best person at both SS and Lean, I have ever worked with is Barbara Wheat (featured in a “Ask the Expert” column a couple weeks ago). She has the SS program for Tenneco. They have facilities in the UK, France, Spain and Poland. Probably more I am unaware of.
    Good luck.

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    November 17, 2004 at 9:30 pm #110891

    AlexP
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    Thank you for your reply Mike

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    November 18, 2004 at 8:02 am #110904

    Dog Sxxt
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    Go to MIT’s LAI website. Their lean initiatives are solid and also dare to share their knowledge with others unlike other universities or consultants.

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    November 18, 2004 at 10:39 am #110912

    Mike Carnell
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    alexp,
    You are welcome.
    Good luck.

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    November 18, 2004 at 11:23 am #110913

    AlexP
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    Thank you Dog Sxxt for your reply.
     

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    November 18, 2004 at 5:57 pm #110932

    Dog Sxxt
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    I just read two MIT master theses today. One is United Technologies’ Achieving Competitive Excellence ACE vs Six Sigma comparison. ACE model is fitting my desired model, a combination of lean and TQM.I salute to MIT for their kindness to make their lean research papers and theses available to public for free. MIT is only one in the world do that!

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    November 19, 2004 at 9:56 am #110971

    AlexP
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    I visited MIT’s LAI site. Possibly one of the very few universities that provide so many papers available to read with free access. Thanks again Dog Sxxt.   

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    November 19, 2004 at 10:51 am #110978

    Dog Sxxt
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    No, MIT is only one do that in the world! They are going to put up all course materials for public. Some MIT lean materials are still too academic for practitioners.Have to say they are truly a world class university after reading their teaching materials.

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    February 2, 2005 at 6:03 pm #114364

    Vallejo
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    Hi Dog,
    Could you please tell me how could I get a copy of the ACE model thesis from MIT? I’m doing research on the ACE program but haven’t found much.
    Thanks,
    Carlos

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    February 2, 2005 at 6:19 pm #114365

    Adriana Osuna
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    Hello!!
    Can someone of you tell me what Gimba means? I got the word from a 5’s training sesion

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    February 2, 2005 at 6:31 pm #114367

    sqe
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    If memory serves me right, it was spelled GEMBA and it means “at the place”.  So a Gemba Kaizen would be focusing an improvement effort in a specific location (production floor, accounting office, inspection area.)
    It’s been awhile so I could be wrong.

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    February 2, 2005 at 6:34 pm #114368

    Anonymous
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    I think you might mean gemba.
    Going to gemba is all about observation, listening, and smelling. When facilities spend a lot of their time reworking or modifying sub-assemblies to fit, there can be a lot of working too and fro, hammering, and the smell of sweat :-)
    Good luck,
    Andy

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    February 2, 2005 at 6:55 pm #114369

    MudaSensei
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    I beleive you mean “Gemba” and not as you mentioned
    It’s a japanese word meaning…..Äctual Place…….a place where for example one would do an activity such as Kaizen…..working to create value and eliminate Muda(waste)
    eg: In the manufacturing field the Gemba would be the factory.
    As Andy U mentioned it is a place where one gets to…….Sweat !

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    February 3, 2005 at 2:22 pm #114414

    Dog Sxxt
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    Go to lean.mit.edu and search with keyword.  Let me know if you still cannot locate it from MIT website? I can send you a copy from my archives.

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    February 17, 2006 at 2:13 pm #133943

    John A. Taylor
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    Gimba means to actually observe or “walk” the process. 
    There is no substitute for actually observing the functions being analyzed while observations are noting all steps.   You’ll be surprised at the differences if you complete the “discussed” process mapping steps first and compare them.

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