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What Makes Six Sigma Work
What Makes Six Sigma Work As a vast number of Six Sigma professionals and CEOs that have had the good foresight to implement the framework at their company can testify, Six Sigma definitely works. It...
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What is the Kaizen Method
What is the Kaizen Method While Lean Six Sigma is certainly the world’s leading business process optimization methodology right now, exploring other frameworks might be quite useful in providing...
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How Can Six Sigma Transform Your Company
How Can Six Sigma Transform Your Company Six Sigma is a very powerful methodology that has successfully transformed a wide variety of businesses across the globe. Implementing it as part of the way...
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Voice of the Customer: Are We Asking the Right Questions?
When considering Voice of the Customer (VOC) initiatives in your organization, are you focused and asking the right questions? Lack of direction and unclear communications create results that produce...
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Change Management: Leading in an Era of Constant Change
Change is a good thing. Leading in an era of constant change can be infuriatingly frustrating. Change is a big part of being successful. Not only is change good, but it’s accelerating at an...
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The 1.5 Sigma Shift in Six Sigma
The 1.5 Sigma Shift in Six Sigma Six Sigma is one of the most widely respected business process improvement methodologies available. It comes with a wealth of statistical tools to help businesses...
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What is the Taguchi Loss Function
One crucial and highly beneficial aspect of Six Sigma is all the statistical and analytical tools it comes with. All of them can help a business and its management gain deeper and more complete...
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What is the difference between Kaizen, Lean and Six Sigma
What is the difference between Kaizen, Lean and Six Sigma When looking at business process improvement methodologies like Kaizen, Lean and Six Sigma, it’s very easy to see a lot of similarities. After...
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When to use Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen
When to use Lean, Six Sigma, and Kaizen There are some managers and consultants that are religious about using a particular methodology, and too often stick to just what it has to offer. But as you...
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Statistical Analysis: Why You Should Love It!
The ability to take data, and to be able to understand it, to process it, to extract value from it, to visualize it, to communicate it…that’s going to be an even more important skill in the next...
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Quality Healthcare: Can Process Improvement Really Work in Healthcare?
“In God we trust…and all others must bring data.” Dr. William Edwards Deming Quality improvement concepts and techniques, such as Six Sigma and Lean practices, have been used to transform almost every...
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Implementing Kanban Boards as Part of the Lean Methodology
Implementing Kanban Boards as Part of the Lean Methodology When looking at a methodology like Lean, there is philosophy and values that describe the methodology as a whole, and there are a number of...
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The 8 Forms of Deadly Waste in Lean Six Sigma
The 8 Forms of Deadly Waste in Lean Six Sigma Lean Six Sigma is one of the most advanced and effective methodologies available for business process improvement and optimization. It is especially adept...
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The Roles of Different Belt Colors in Six Sigma
The Roles of Different Belt Colors in Six Sigma Six Sigma is a complex process improvement methodology developed by Motorola. Due to its complexity, it requires the presence and participation of...
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Making Sure Your Workforce Is Ready for Change
Making Sure Your Workforce Is Ready for Change It goes without saying that there are some outstanding process improvement methodologies that could have a huge impact on a business by saving it...
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Using Kanban to Manage Scarce Project Resources
Using Kanban to Manage Scarce Resources Kanban is one of those tools that is simple yet powerful. It’s very easy to understand and to work with, and its visual nature allows for clearer communication...
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Is Your Business Ready to Start Undertaking Large Process Improvement Projects
Is Your Business Ready to Start Undertaking Large Process Improvement Projects There are a number of effective and successful process improvement methodologies, with the most popular being Lean and Six...
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Takt Time: Timing is Everything
“The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize. “ ~Shigeo Shingo We know timing is everything! In both life and business, we know that when time is right, magical things happens....
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Big Data: Are We Improving with Better Data?
We sent men to the moon in 1969 on a tiny fraction of the data that’s in the average laptop. The amount of digital data in the universe is growing at an exponential rate, doubling every two years, and...
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Using Kanban in Your Personal Life
Using Kanban in Your Personal Life Kanban is a workflow visualization tool that has proven itself to be extremely valuable in the business environment as a way to manage processes of all sorts. It’s...
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