Six Sigma

Six Sigma 

Using Six Sigma to Improve B Corporation Assessment Scores

July 28, 2018November 11, 2019 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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Minitab Six Sigma 

Use capability analysis to see if you are sleeping enough

August 27, 2016November 11, 2019 bizpi capability analysis, Cpk or Ppk, Cpk requirements, gage R&R, gage study, nonnormal, repeatability, reproducibility, sleep, variation

My wife says I don’t sleep enough, and she is right. I tried to argue with her for years, saying

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dmaic lean Six Sigma 

Combining DMAIC and lean events to maximize process improvements

March 29, 2015November 11, 2019 bizpi analyze, control, define, dmaic, dmaic projects, improve, measure, six sigma projects

The DMAIC approach for process improvement is the foundation for Six Sigma, and I have grown to appreciate it more

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ANOVA charts confidence control correlation design DOE experiments gage R&R graphs hypothesis Minitab MSA quality regression Six Sigma software SPC statistics training 

Online statistics training from Minitab has great animation and examples

December 13, 2012November 11, 2019 bizpi ANOVA, charts, confidence, control, correlation, design, DOE, experiments, gage R&R, graphs, hypothesis, Minitab, MSA, quality, regression, Six Sigma, software, SPC, statistics, training

Minitab statistical software is one of the most powerful and popular programs around, especially for those in the Six Sigma

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50 assessment benchmarking best practices book company comparison excellence improvement lean pollock process qmss score Six Sigma waste 

How many of the 50 Best Practices for Process Excellence has your company implemented?

November 29, 2012November 11, 2019 bizpi 50, assessment, benchmarking, best practices, book, company, comparison, excellence, improvement, lean, pollock, process, qmss, score, Six Sigma, waste

Lee Pollock and Mark Kiemele are authors of a new book, Reversing the Culture of Waste – 50 Best Practices to

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business customers data document efficiency employees improvement lean optimization problems reduce report satisfaction Six Sigma sub time upset value waste 

Reducing your time might seem like lean, but you can easily anger your customers

August 18, 2012November 11, 2019 bizpi business, customers, data, document, efficiency, employees, improvement, lean, optimization, problems, reduce, report, satisfaction, Six Sigma, sub, time, upset, value, waste

Lean is about increasing value to your customer. Often times, this requires you to eliminate waste in the process. However,

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cycle time deliver employees errors improvement lean manufacturing measure multitasking office process quality reviews Six Sigma templates throughput transactional value wip workplace 

We don’t need any help, we are already lean!

July 25, 2012November 11, 2019 bizpi cycle time, deliver, employees, errors, improvement, lean, manufacturing, measure, multitasking, office, process, quality, reviews, Six Sigma, templates, throughput, transactional, value, wip, workplace

“Lean and Six Sigma are only for manufacturing organizations!” “Our processes/company is unique, so that won’t work here!” “We’re already

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bottom line chart completions cycle time event excel financials improvement lean process project reductions savings Six Sigma variation waste wip 

Cost savings from process improvements can be misleading

April 25, 2011November 11, 2019 bizpi bottom line, chart, completions, cycle time, event, excel, financials, improvement, lean, process, project, reductions, savings, Six Sigma, variation, waste, wip

I’ve been to many conferences, and have seen lots of companies claim cost savings and metric improvements that are very

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5-s 5s best continuous control document imrprove lean mapping organization simple Six Sigma standard statistics work workplace 

Start simple before you map your processes

March 5, 2011November 11, 2019 bizpi 5-s, 5s, best, continuous, control, document, imrprove, lean, mapping, organization, simple, Six Sigma, standard, statistics, work, workplace

We see a lot of different processes at various levels of process performance. Some are running near six sigma levels,

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Annoying tourist photos have wrong business model with lots of waste!

January 9, 2011November 11, 2019 bizpi annoying, attraction, away, cruise, expensive, lean, photographer, photos, price, reduce, Six Sigma, throw, tourism, trash, vacation, waste

While on vacation recently, we were overwhelmed by the number of attractions with a photographer service, who make you take

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