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[FACTORY TOUR] How Rolls Royce Builds Quality
Since 1906, the name Rolls Royce has been recognized as quality and luxury in transportation. Throughout its legendary history, discerning people from around the globe have chosen Rolls Royce vehicles...
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[VIDEO] Great Eastern Cutlery Factory Tour
Since 2006, Great American Cutlery has built the reputation for making the finest quality traditional pocket knives in the US. Located in historic Titusville, PA, the brand focuses on a hands-on...
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[VIDEO] Boeing Builds Them in Nine Days
Boeing builds the venerable 737 workhorse at a rate of one every nine days! That is a monumental feat of Lean manufacturing. The Boeing 737 is the workhorse of many airlines across the globe, flying...
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Elimination of Muda is the Key to Efficiency
Muda means waste and refers to a wide range of non-value-adding activities; eliminating waste is the key to efficiency. When you look at the Toyota Production System (TPS), eliminating Muda waste is...
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[VIDEO] Muda Is All About Waste
Muda is all about waste and Lean manufacturing is about eliminating Muda. It is any activity that adds no real value to the product or service being created or delivered. The diligent attention to the...
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[VIDEO] Lean Construction Methods Transform the Industry
The construction industry has been mired in an environment that has been siloed and antiquated for years. The view has been that things have always been done a certain way and there is no reason to...
View ArticleSix Sigma and KPIs: Project Cost Variance
Staying within your means is critical to managing a successful project. Sticking to your budget prevents you from overspending while helping to promote a more efficient business. The way we see it,...
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How Can Six Sigma Help Marketers?
Any organization that sells products and services needs to communicate the value of its offerings to the target market. It is up to marketers to not only help the organization reach potential...
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Are KPIs Important to Six Sigma?
The core of Six Sigma is reducing and/or eliminating waste or defects through process improvement. Beyond the initial process improvement efforts, it is about ensuring that standards are set in place...
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Streamlining Your Customer Service Experience
Streamlining Your Customer Service Experience There’s always a lot that can be done to provide a faster, more adequate customer service to your clients. You may not even realize that you have any...
View ArticleValue and Foundation of Six Sigma
In this video, we learn about the founding of Six Sigma, how it’s been adopted by many industries and organizations, and the DMAIC framework....
View ArticleSelf-Improvement Means Creating a Process to Achieve Things
I read a provocative quote the other in a Fortune article on Tony Robbins. Now, I know what you’re thinking – “what is Pete doing talking about Tony Robbins?” I’m with you. But, regardless of what you...
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Scratchpad – NEVER PUBLISH
Pete Abilla is the founder of Shmula. He helps companies like Amazon, Zappos, eBay, Backcountry, and others reduce costs and improve the customer experience. He does this through a systematic method...
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Using Six Sigma For Fixing Your Personal Finances
When we think of Six Sigma, we think of companies like General Electric and the fact that after, less than two years after its Six Sigma implementation, the company brought in about $320 million in...
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Six Sigma and the Health of Healthcare
Every business, regardless of size or industry, could improve on some level on its effectiveness as well as its efficiency. For the healthcare industry, this is imperative! Healthcare is important to...
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