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What Does the Future Look Like for Lean Six Sigma?
Six Sigma has evolved quite a lot since its inception, and today it’s an extremely powerful methodology that can bring a lot to the table for most organizations on the market. It’s a shame that it’s...
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[VIDEO] Patient Safety Week 2018
When speaking about patient safety, the conversations are really about how hospitals and other healthcare organizations protect their patients from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. While...
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Patient Safety Awareness Week Mar 11- 17
Patient safety practices have been defined as those that reduce the risk of adverse events related to exposure to medical care across a range of diagnoses or conditions. This definition is solid, but...
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Understanding Assembly Line Principles Using Six Sigma
There is a strong connection between the way assembly lines are planned and organized, and common Six Sigma practices and principles. It should come as no surprise to anyone experienced in either of...
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Understanding the Process Map in Transactional Lean Six Sigma
The process map can be a very useful tool for visualizing complex interactions between multiple elements in a production chain, and it’s commonly used in many business environments to develop a better...
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What Are the Best Tools for Use in a Transactional Environment?
The use of Six Sigma in the manufacturing environment is well established and has been studied in detail. Many approaches have been developed over time, and today this is a solid field that keeps...
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5 Unique Challenges Seen in the Transactional Environment
Working in the transactional environment can present many unique problems for an organization to overcome, and a competent leader must learn to recognize them and possess the skills to overcome them....
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Applying the Six Sigma Methodology to Transactional Environments
Six Sigma works very well when you’re operating in the manufacturing environment, as it was designed to be a viable tool in that field in the first place. Things tend to get more complicated – to the...
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How to Use the Histogram as a Quality Improvement Tool
The histogram is a popular tool with many applications, and it’s commonly seen in various environments. It’s not directly related to lean or Six Sigma, although it’s quite frequently used in those...
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Waste Reduction and Muda, Mura and Muri
Most definitions of lean manufacturing refer to the reduction of the Muda (7 wastes) as the main focus. Few definitions of lean differentiate between the different types of waste and seem to purely...
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[VIDEO] Consider the 3 Categories of Waste
Muda is the direct obstacle of flow. There are 7 distinctive types of Muda which all lead to waiting times, and therefore longer lead times in a process. Simply taking out the Muda does not work....
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Applying PDSA to Patient Safety
The PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) cycle can be of great use in the medical environment, particularly in the context of improving patient safety and ensuring that a facility can treat a larger number of...
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Applying PDCA to Plant Maintenance: An Overview
The PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act) method can be extremely useful in a variety of environments, and its flexibility is one of the main drawing factors for many leaders. When applied correctly, it can...
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Guidelines for Conducting a Gage R&R Study
The gage R&R study (repeatability and reproducibility) is a powerful technique for analyzing certain aspects of your business, especially if you want to get a deeper insight into the way certain...
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5 Key Lean Six Sigma Tools Used in Improving Healthcare Wait Times
Healthcare is a field that can always benefit from more optimizations and improvements, and long wait times are probably the most common complaint among facilities across the whole world. It makes...
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Thoughts on the Application of Root Cause Analysis
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.” ― Franklin D. Roosevelt. Human nature can easily slip into any root cause analysis (RCA) process. We want to take the easy way out in difficulty situations....
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[VIDEO] A Different Look at Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Root cause analysis (RCA) is a tool designed to help identify not only what and how an event occurred, but also why it happened. Only when investigators are able to determine why an event or failure...
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5 Rules for Using the Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RACI)
The responsibility assignment matrix, sometimes also referred to as the RACI matrix, is a commonly used tool for identifying the degree of responsibility and involvement of everyone attached to a...
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7 Common Mistakes in Project Charters
A project charter is an important tool in defining the exact scope of a project, and the resources it’s supposed to utilize during its run. While some managers see it as just another step to complete...
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Differences Between Run Charts and Control Charts
The run chart and the control chart are both highly useful tools in analyzing the performance of a process, and of the organization as a whole. While some managers tend to use them interchangeably and...
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