Business Performance Improvement (BPI)

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Rise Against Hunger Awarded Inaugural IISE Excellence in Sustainable Development

June 9, 2019July 12, 2019 bizpi California, Central Distribution Warehouse, Florida, IISE, Lean Six Sigma for Good, Rise Against Hunger, Sustainable Development Division, Sustainable Development Goals

Rise Against Hunger is an international hunger relief nonprofit organization founded in 1998 that distributes food and life-changing aid to

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Tariff talks just another blip on the radar for many Lean Six Sigma companies

May 13, 2019May 13, 2019 bizpi China, competition, layoffs, lean six sigma, tariffs

If you’ve been following the U.S. business news lately, there are discussions about tariffs with China, and many industries are

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What do I do with extra resources as a result of improvement without laying them off?

March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 bizpi employees, extra people, extra workers, headcount, layoffs, lean, pink slip, workers

One of the most important things you can do to have a successful culture of improvement is to remove any

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6 sigma training SPC 

Our Placekicker Is Out of Control!

February 9, 2019February 9, 2019 bizpi football, placekicker, sports, statistics, variation

The following article I wrote was published in Quality Progress (ASQ) in July 2005. One correction, the use of Pp

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5S and the KonMari method

February 4, 2019February 4, 2019 bizpi

Back in late 2016, I was introduced to Marie Kondo and her methods (called “KonMari”) for home organization. I listened

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lean process waste 

Why I like using the Ideal State Mapping approach

October 10, 2018October 11, 2018 bizpi Current State, facilitation, Future State, Ideal State, kaizen event, lean event, process map, value stream mapping, VSM

During Value Stream Mapping or Process Mapping events, I facilitate a team through the current state map of the process,

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Six Sigma 

Using Six Sigma to Improve B Corporation Assessment Scores

July 28, 2018July 28, 2018 bizpi B Corps, Certified B Corporation, Six Sigma, Teagen Stalte

For Teagen’s internship project, I asked him to use the Six Sigma DMAIC framework to help me improve my B

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sustainability 

Business Performance Improvement Announces Membership with 1% for the Planet and Partnership with Everybody Solar

July 6, 2018April 23, 2019 bizpi 1% for the Planet, B Corps, Eugene, Everybody Solar, Oregon, Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Portland, Oregon, 7/6/18 Business Performance Improvement (BPI) has joined 1% for the Planet, pledging to donate 1%

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Introducing My Summer Intern, Teagen

June 1, 2018June 1, 2018 bizpi Appalachian State University, B Corps, Certified B Corporation, Internship, lean, Lean Six Sigma for Good, Teagen Stalte

From mid-May through July, I will be having a summer intern helping me out. Teagen Stalte is a student at

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sustainability 

2017 Annual Benefit Report Available

April 22, 2018July 6, 2018 bizpi B Corps, Benefit Company, Benefit Report, Certified B Corporation, State of Oregon

On March 29, 2018, to meet our requirements for our Certified B Corporation status, we updated our Articles of Organization

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