Run Charts Are Unnecessary
I’ve noticed a trend: people are still teaching run charts as a precursor to control charts.
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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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Six Sigma Formulas Cause Math Phobias
In the book, The Case Against Education: why the Education System is a Waste of Time and Money, author Bryan Caplan argues that, beyond reading, writing and basic ‘rithmatic, “most of what people learn in high school and college is unnecessary and quickly forgotten.”
I would argue that the same is true of Six Sigma; most of what people learn is unnecessary and quickly forgotten.
Peter Coy’s book review in Bloomberg BusinessWeek (January 22, 2018), states that many students struggle with algebra and drop out. City University of New York colleges are “experimenting with alternatives to conventional math because it’s a ‘killing field’ for many students,” says Chancellor James Milliken.
What are You Secretly Telling Yourself About Lean Six Sigma?
No matter what you do or what you say, there’s a hidden “metamessage” back to yourself.
What metamessages have you told yourself about Lean Six Sigma?
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Reducing Patient Falls – A Case Study
The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety (Feb 2018) has an article entitled “Temporal Trends in Fall Rates with the Implementation of a Multifaceted Fall Prevention Program.” Ouch!
I believe the story could have been told easily with quality improvement tools, so here’s how I’d go about it. First, there are a number of tables (i.e., spreadsheets of performance data) like the one below.
The first year, 2003, had only 200 falls because they started measuring in July. The first full year of measurement was 2004.
It would be easy to turn these into control charts, but the authors chose a boxplot with a trend line of predicted falls.
Have You Fallen In Love With Lean Six Sigma?
I fell in love with Lean Six Sigma almost 30 years ago…but it takes some work to stay in love with Lean Six Sigma.
Are you willing to do what it takes to make Lean Six Sigma your Valentine?
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Are You Wasting Time in Six Sigma?
Are you wasting time in Six Sigma on unnecessary steps?
Here’s how to kick start your improvement efforts.
