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Box and Whisker Plot: Bring Clarity to Fuzzy Data
A Box and Whisker plot can bring clarity and highlights to your statistical data. We know that statistics assumes data points are clustered around a central value. When using a box and whisker plot,...
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Balanced Scorecard: What Are Your Grades?
The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) is a report card for your business. It is a strategic management tool that allows you to view the organization from different perspectives. The Balanced Scorecard allows...
View ArticleMaking Maserati: A Factory Tour
We absolutely love cars! From American brands to global legends like Maserati, our love for the car transcends all boundaries. There is something about the fit, finish and performance of an...
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Lean Optimization: The 5s Cure for the EHR
Can we find a cure for the EHR (electronic health record) through lean optimization and the 5S? The EHR is a digital version of a patient’s paper chart. It contains the medical history, diagnoses,...
View ArticleLeading With Tesla: A Factory Tour in Fairmont
If you are car fanatics like we are, you cannot help but drool when the name Tesla is mentioned. When you think of the brand, you think of a powerful machine that masters any road surface while...
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Chasing Quality: EHR Exposed Opportunities with FMEA
Can EHR expose quality opportunities in our current FMEA mapping process? A recent study shows that EHR information can provide significant opportunities to improve FMEA mapping in the quality...
View ArticleAiring the Dirty Laundry in Healthcare: A Factory Tour
Healthcare runs on clean laundry! No matter what the scenario … whether treating a patient in the ER, on a Med-Surg unit or in an outpatient clinic, the patient care cannot be delivered without clean...
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Innovation: Is It Worth The Investment?
Innovation. What is the value? That is a tough question! Asking the definition of ‘value’ becomes a loaded question. Depending on who you ask…depends on the question you will get. It is elusive! The...
View ArticleDoing It the Amazon Way: A Factory Tour
Amazon is like Frank Sinatra … they do it their way! If you live in 27 cities that offer the Prime Now service, you will get a rare opportunity to see how they do it! Amazon Does It Their Way Amazon...
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Continuous Improvement: What Are You Willing To Risk For It?
Are you a believer in continuous improvement? Do you believe that a state of continuous improvement can exist harmoniously in any business environment and succeed? Well, if you are so confident,...
View ArticleRockwell Collins Builds Flight Displays: A Factory Tour
Rockwell Collins understands that access to information is crucial to mission effectiveness. Whether flying from Los Angeles to Paris for a well deserved vacation, or flying a dangerous mission over...
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Employment Outlook 2016: Master Black Belt & Black Belt Rank At Top
Are you stuck in a job that is leading you nowhere? If your professional career is dead in the water and you‘re ready to explore your options, it is time to start studying! Six Sigma Master Black Belt...
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Beretta USA Is On Target: A Factory Tour
This factory tour is right on target for lean manufacturing professionals! Since 1985, Beretta USA has been manufacturing quality firearms for the US Military since 1985. Its featured firearm is the...
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Capability Analysis: The Power in Variables
The capability analysis is a valuable tool for Lean Six Sigma professionals. Every process has performance limits and variables. There is power in understanding those variables and variances that...
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Airbus A380 Building A Giant: A Factory Tour
Airbus has ended the debate about who rules the skies! The Airbus A380 has become the indisputable ‘King of the Skies,’ relegating the Boeing 747 to her role as the ‘Queen of the Skies.’ Some argue...
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Quality Failure: Why Did It Happen?
As a Lean Six Sigma professional, we are fascinated with the question of “why” when we see failure in business practices. It is in our DNA to ask that question and drill down, to expose the facts....
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Building the BMW X3 and BMW X4: A Factory Tour
We go behind the scenes in a factory tour of the BMW Spartanburg, South Carolina plant, where they build the BMW X3 and BMW X4. These BMW models are built in the USA and distributed across the world...
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Getting In Tune With Gibson: A Factory Tour
Gibson guitars go from raw product to one of the finest guitars in the world. This tour takes you step by step process on the production. The home of the best electric guitars today is Gibson USA....
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Quality Improvement: What Is The Real Motivation?
Many companies go down the road of quality improvement for the wrong reasons. The question is, what is your real motivation when implementing Lean and Lean Six Sigma practices in your organization?...
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Task List: Getting the Monster Under Control
No matter how organized you are, the classic task or to-do list is a monster that has a mind of its own, and grows at an alarming rate. Isn’t it time to quit working for the monster, and start...
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