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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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Can Six Sigma Help The Recycling Problem With China?

July 21, 2019April 4, 2020 bizpi China, contamination, defect, dmaic, Environment, football, iowa football, kinnick stadium, p chart, recycling, sigma, Six Sigma, six sigma projects, SPC, statistics

You might be hearing a lot about recycling and the changes going on in China over the past year, called

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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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sustainability 

BPI is a Certified B Corporation! So what does that mean?

February 4, 2018November 11, 2019 bizpi B Corps, B the Change, Benefit Corporation, Certified B Corporation, Economic, Environment, lean, lean six sigma, Lean Six Sigma Consulting, People, Planet, Profit, Six Sigma, Social, Triple Bottom Line

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Portland, Oregon, 2/3/2018 – Business Performance Improvement (BPI), a Lean and Six Sigma consulting firm focused on sustainability,

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training 

How to use candy to teach or learn Six Sigma

February 27, 2016November 11, 2019 bizpi M&Ms. statistics with candy, Minitab, Six Sigma, six sigma certification, six sigma exercises, six sigma training, Skittles, teach six sigma, teaching statistics, Yellow Belt

During our Yellow Belt (beginner Six Sigma) class, we have found lots of success teach statistical concepts using candy. It is a

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Leadership 

Employee engagement that will make you jealous!

May 16, 2015November 11, 2019 bizpi 2 second lean, employee engagement, everyday lean, lean, paul akers, simple lean, Six Sigma, Toyota, toyota production system, TPS

One of the most difficult things for business owners and managers is to engage their employees in continuous improvements every

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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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