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Our Placekicker Is Out of Control!

February 9, 2019November 11, 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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Use capability analysis to see if you are sleeping enough

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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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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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LSS Bursts Podcast

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.

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E62: 5S and the KonMari method

byBrion Hurley

In this episode, I read off an article I wrote back a few years, about how the 5S workplace organization methods compare to the popular home organizing methods of Marie Kondo, developer of the KonMari method, which had become popular through her books and Netflix TV show. There are other links embedded within the article.

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