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How do Lean Techniques Improve Quality?

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 bizpi dmaic, Error Proofing, lean, lean six sigma, PDCA, Poka-Yoke, problem solving, quality, Quality Tools, Six Sigma, Standard Work, Taiichi Ohno, W. Edwards Deming

The two most popular process improvement initiatives in businesses today are Lean and Six Sigma. Both methodologies are rooted in

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Can’t afford statistics software? Try Excel’s Data Analysis ToolPak

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 bizpi boxplot, boxplot whiskers, control chart, data analysis toolpak, excel, histogram, pie chart, scatter plot, Six Sigma

When I teach Six Sigma classes, I teach students how to use Minitab statistical software. However, the software can be

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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