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Lean Six Sigma News: Army Aviation Improves Mission & Environmental Operations
A combined team from Aviation & Missile Command Environmental Division at Red Stone Arsenal and Aviation Center Logistic Command at Fort Rucker have implemented ground-breaking initiatives...
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[VIDEO] The US Army Is Mission Ready with the UH-72A Lakota
The UH-72 Lakota is a twin-engine helicopter with a single, four-bladed main rotor. The UH-72 is a militarized version of the Eurocopter EC145 and was built by American Eurocopter (now Airbus...
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What Are the 3 Types of Benchmarking?
Benchmarking is an important process for any organization where performance can alter its course significantly. Put simply, benchmarking means comparing the performance of that organization in...
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What is Tolerance Analysis?
No mechanical design is perfect in the long run, and sooner or later failures are going to start presenting themselves. There are many ways to account for that, from making the product as sturdy as...
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7 Steps to Better Benchmarking
Benchmarking can play a critical role in the successful ongoing business of an organization. There is a lot to gain from constantly evaluating your products and processes to ensure that they are in...
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Walter Shewhart and the History of the Control Chart
Determining how well the processes in your organization are running can play a critical role in running things smoothly over an extended period of time. There are many factors that can play a role in...
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How Can Software Engineers Implement FMEA?
Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) is a well-known methodology for analyzing points of failure in various environments, and it’s one of the oldest techniques used to that end. The methodology has...
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Understanding Process Tolerance
No matter how perfectly your organization’s processes may have been designed, there is always a chance that you’re going to observe some variance in their execution. This does not have to be a problem...
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Affinity Diagram – Why Is It Used?
Sometimes when running a major project in your organization, the amount of information you have to work with can start to quickly pile up, overloading you with details from all directions. It can be...
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5 Basic Types of Check Sheets
The check sheet is an incredibly powerful and versatile tool that sees a lot of use in lean organizations. It can be easily adapted to a number of different contexts, and mastering its use can lead...
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[VIDEO] Understand the Lean Startup
Lean Startup is defined as a scientific methodology for running startups and launching new products. This approach has been adopted around the world within startups and established organizations. Eric...
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Lean Startup – How Fast Can You Move Forward?
In 1957, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo introduced a small transistor radio about the size of a cigarette pack. It came in a colorful box complete with a soft leather case, an antistatic cloth, and a pair of...
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The Connection Between Check Sheets and Data Analysis
Check sheets are a tool with a lot of unrealized potential, at least in the way they’re being used in various organizations around the world. While many people see them as nothing more than a...
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Understanding Variation Reduction in DFSS
Design for Six Sigma – or DFSS – is a methodology that relies on various forms of statistical analysis to achieve an increase in productivity in an organization while also reducing the incidences of...
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What’s the Connection Between a Scatter Diagram and Correlation Analysis?
The scatter diagram is one of the most prominently used tools in modern companies, despite its somewhat aged nature. It’s clear that it still has a lot of potential for providing a deep insight into...
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Healthcare: Improving Quality and Innovation With Lean Principles
No other industry places such a high a premium on quality of service as healthcare. Given the essential requirement of quality in the healthcare industry, consumers expect providers to lead the way in...
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[VIDEO] Lean Six Sigma Approaches in Healthcare
Lean principles have been used in manufacturing for decades. We know that lean principles can be successfully applied to the delivery of healthcare. Although healthcare differs in many ways from...
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Differences Between FMEA and the Cause and Effect Diagram
FMEA and cause and effect diagrams (also known as fishbone diagrams) are two commonly used analytical tools in the context of Six Sigma. However, some less experienced leaders often tend to confuse...
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History Behind the Affinity Diagram and the KJ Method
If you’ve been in business for a while, you’ve probably already had to work with affinity diagrams more than once. It’s a very useful tool and despite being half a century old, it’s aged quite well...
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Understanding the Benefits of Cellular Manufacturing
You can hear a lot about cellular manufacturing when discussing lean principles and optimization techniques with people interested in the field, but you may eventually notice that the actual benefits...
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