Earth Day and Lean Six Sigma
A typical company suffers from 33% waste and rework.
Eliminate the waste and rework with Lean Six Sigma and it will be great for the Earth.
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Quality Tools – Skill Shortage
Based on certification exams, some ASQ Division members lack skills in Quality Tools. If ASQ members are lacking skills with quality tools, how much can we expect of everyone else?
How Often Should You Take Measurements for Control Charts?
I keep seeing a lot of control charts that use quarterly data. That means it could take five years to get 20 data points for a control chart.
How often should you measure?
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Agile Lean Six Sigma
The March-April 2018 issue of Harvard Business Review says that “corporate survival today requires the capacity for rapid change.” Even HR is embracing IT’s Agile methodology to “speed its evolution and better serve customers’ needs.”
Isn’t it time to bring Agile to Lean Six Sigma? Read more…
Quality has to accelerate its evolution to keep pace with business and technology.
I’m afraid our old, slow way of implementing Lean Six Sigma is going the way of the dinosaur.
Lean Six Sigma – April Fools!
Does Lean Six Sigma seem like an April Fool’s joke?
Why doesn’t it seem to work sometimes?
Run Charts Are Unnecessary
I’ve noticed a trend: people are still teaching run charts as a precursor to control charts.
St. Patrick’s Day – Luck of the Lean Six Sigma
You don’t have to be Irish or lucky to be successful. You can make your own luck using Lean Six Sigma.
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Daylight Savings Time – Six Sigma Project
Does Daylight Savings Time save us anything, or is it costing lives?
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DevOps and QualOps
At ASQ LSS Conference in Phoenix, I heard an interesting presentation on digital transformation. Ben Lavoie of Anheuser-Busch asked:
How can LSS Stay relevant in a Digitally Transformed world that thrives on real-time changes?
Bad news: Need for real-time will disrupt DMAIC – leadership teams have no patience for delayed analysis and decision making
Good news: Still need people
Great news: Digital tools need LSS to solve the right problems
I think this speaks to the need for Agile Lean Six Sigma.
Ben also mentioned DevOps, how companies are integrating IT with operations in a continuous feedback loop:
I think if we substitute PDCA for the left loop and link it to operations feedback, we can get the same real-time results with Six Sigma.
