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The Flip Side of Arthur’s 4-50 Rule

You may be familiar with the 80-20 Rule. Arthur’s 4-50 Rule takes it farther. Here’s the flip side of the 4-50 rule.

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“Hi, I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma Demystified” and QI Macros [software].

“If you know anything about me, I always preach Arthur’s 4-50 rule: That 4% of what you’re doing is producing over 50% of the mistakes, errors, waste, rework, and whatever. But let’s look at the flip side of the 4-50 rule, which is 50% of what you’re doing is only producing 4% of the benefit.

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