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Posted by Jay Arthur in Data Mining, Excel, QI Macros, Webinar.
People are often confused about the difference between variable and attribute data. Here’s a simple way to tell which is which:
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“Hi, I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma Demystified” and QI Macros [software].
“Over the years, I’ve found one of the things people get confused about is what’s ‘variable’ and what’s ‘attribute.’ Those words, for some reason, strike terror in the hearts of newbies, so I’m going to give you my short way of figuring this out: It has to do with decimals and integers.
Continue Reading "Confusion about Variable and Attribute Data"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Improvement Insights.
Over 50 people signed up for this webinar, with Jay Arthur demonstrating some of the software’s most frequently used tools and answering questions asked by attendees.
If you saw a feature demonstrated in the webinar that might have been added to QI Macros after the version you’re using (for instance, the Improvement Project Wizard or the automated Process Change Wizard), you may need to purchase an upgrade to bring your QI Macros to the current version.
Send an email to support@qimacros.com and we can help, for instance in generating a quote to upgrade all the users at your organization or just guiding you through the purchasing process.
Continue Reading "*Latest webinar: 9/18/25 QI Macros webinar"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Data Mining, Excel, QI Macros, Webinar.
After a hundred years, people still aren’t using control charts. Here’s why:
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“Well hi, I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma Demystified” and QI Macros [software].
“Control charts just turned a hundred years old, but if you look at the adoption rate for control charts it’s been pretty flat. You see it mainly in manufacturing, you don’t see it much in healthcare.
“We attend two big healthcare quality conferences: At the Magnet conference, out of hundreds of posters, 89% use line and bar charts (which I consider to be last-century technology).
Continue Reading "Why Aren’t People Using Control Charts? A Root Cause Analysis"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Improvement Insights.
Heat Maps cause wild goose chases which lead to poor decisions and bad outcomes. Control Charts are the antidote. Here’s why:
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“Hi, I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma For Hospitals” “Agile Process Innovation”and QI Macros [software].
“I still find that people out there are still trying to use heat maps to notice when things are shifting. Heat maps are like a snapshot of any given space-time, monthly, weekly, whatever it is, of what may be out of whack or in whack compared to certain goals somebody set somewhere.
Continue Reading "Control Charts vs Heat Maps"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Improvement Insights.
Control charts have been around for 100 years. Why isn’t everyone using them?
“I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma Demystified” and QI Macros [software].
“I was at the American Society for Quality World Conference on Quality and Improvement and some guy came up to me and started wanting to argue with me about how you can’t use control charts for non-normal data. He was ranting about that… and by the way, Donald Wheeler has already answered that question: Yes you can; shut up. All right?
“But, you know, control charts have been around for 100 years.
Continue Reading "Control Charts are 100 years old"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Improvement Insights.
Are You Using Stone Age or Space Age Charts for Quality Improvement?
“Hi, I’m Jay Arthur, author of “Lean Six Sigma For Hospitals” and QI Macros [software].
“I go to all these conferences and I see all these poster presentations and what do I see: Line and bar charts. Those are from the Stone Age. That’s from the birth of Microsoft Excel back in the 80s. Those are Stone Age charts.
“Control charts have been around for almost 100 years, but they are Space Age charts. So are you going to stick with Stone Age charts or you going to move up into Space Age charts?
Continue Reading "Are You Using Stone Age or Space Age Charts?"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Improvement Insights.
Over 30 people signed up for this webinar, with Jay Arthur demonstrating some of the software’s most frequently used tools and answering questions asked by attendees.
If you saw a feature demonstrated in the webinar that might have been added to QI Macros after the version you’re using (for instance, the Improvement Project Wizard or the automated Process Change Wizard), you may need to purchase an upgrade to bring your QI Macros to the current version.
Send an email to support@qimacros.com and we can help, for instance in generating a quote to upgrade all the users at your organization or just guiding you through the purchasing process.
Continue Reading "7/16/24 QI Macros webinar"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Data Mining, Excel, QI Macros, Webinar.
Over 30 people signed up for this webinar, with Jay Arthur demonstrating some of the software’s most frequently used tools and answering questions asked by attendees.
If you saw a feature demonstrated in the webinar that might have been added to QI Macros after the version you’re using (for instance, the Improvement Project Wizard or the automated Process Change Wizard), you may need to purchase an upgrade to bring your QI Macros to the current version.
Send an email to support@qimacros.com and we can help, for instance in generating a quote to upgrade all the users at your organization or just guiding you through the purchasing process.
Continue Reading "10/8/24 QI Macros webinar"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Data Mining, Excel, QI Macros, Webinar.
Over 40 people signed up for this webinar, with Jay Arthur demonstrating some of the software’s most frequently used tools and answering questions asked by attendees.
If you saw a feature demonstrated in the webinar that might have been added to QI Macros after the version you’re using (for instance, the Improvement Project Wizard or the automated Process Change Wizard), you may need to purchase an upgrade to bring your QI Macros to the current version.
Send an email to support@qimacros.com and we can help, for instance in generating a quote to upgrade all the users at your organization or just guiding you through the purchasing process.
Continue Reading "8/6/24 QI Macros webinar"
Posted by Jay Arthur in Data Mining, Excel, QI Macros, Webinar.
