5s - Business Performance Improvement (BPI)

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November 18, 2013November 11, 2019 bizpi

How to calculate time savings after reducing distance traveled

One of the goals of a lean kaizen event is to reduce the overall lead time, from when an order

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June 13, 2011April 14, 2021 bizpi

Six business improvement ideas you can implement today!

Sometimes us consultants get a bad reputation for making things more complicated than they need to be. We turn people

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March 5, 2011October 13, 2022 bizpi

Start simple before you map your processes

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

Lean Six Sigma Bursts

Lean Six Sigma Bursts

We share our takes and thoughts on a variety of topics related to process improvement (specifically Lean and Six Sigma methods), Bursts are rapid improvement activities, so this sounded like a good word to use for these short audio clips. We’ll try to keep them under 5 minutes each.

The following was a clip from a recent presentation, where I discuss how hypothesis testing can help you draw more statistically valid conclusions from data, and avoid misleading or incorrect conclusions.

I share two examples. The first was a data set from the Denver Sheriff's Department, where they graphed and analyzed intake use of force incidents, but their conclusions don't seem to match the graphic.

The 2nd example was data I pulled for a nonprofit I ran that showed the day of the week and time of day had no impact on click through rates on our monthly email newsletter.

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E118: Real-life Examples of Hypothesis Testing

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