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Author: Russ Aikman
In January TMAC hosted our 4th Annual Lean Six Sigma Deployment Champion Roundtable. The Roundtable is a 1.5 day mini-conference focused on the goals, challenges, activities, and successes of individuals leading a Lean Six Sigma Program. At this year’s Roundtable we had representatives of 13 different companies.
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This month marks the third year since the passing of my friend and TMAC colleague Robert ‘Randy’ Bohannon (1944-2017). Much more than just a coworker, Randy was also a mentor and guide, a voice of reason, a steadying influence, and a student of human nature. He passed away on January 5th of 2017 after a … Read more
Hard to believe but another year is almost gone. We’d like to share some of our activities and recognize those who helped make it such a fun, interesting, and productive year. January got off to a good start with the 3rd Annual LSS Champion Roundtable. We had 47 participants from 18 companies, some coming from … Read more
Disruption is a very trendy word. Articles about disruptive products, technologies, and services are increasingly common in business magazines. This is especially true in some industries such as consumer electronics and entertainment. Recently I even saw a Linkedin profile of an individual who described himself as a ‘disruptive change agent’. Makes you wonder how he … Read more
Author: Kurt Middelkoop
Recently I was facilitating an E3 (Economy, Energy, Environmental) workshop with a local company. We spent time learning about lean and how to identify value and non-value add activities. After covering these basics I lead the group out of the classroom to conduct a Gemba walk so they could put the lessons learned to practice. As all LSS practitioners know, direct observation of work activities is fundamental to lean.
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Hello Lean Six Sigma Lectors! While technical knowledge is important to your success (we have been discussing Process Capability during the last three blogs) of equal importance is your ability to communicate. That is why we have decided to change gears and take the opportunity to discuss Effective Presentations. This skill is important whether presenting … Read more
In the previous blogs we covered the basics of process capability and its use as a Management tool. Part 1 addressed process capability for continuous, normally distributed data. Part 2 covered Short Term vs. Long Term capability, plus capability analysis when the target is not centered between the spec limits. You can read those blogs … Read more
In part 1 of this blog (Process Capability: A Critical Management Tool – Part 1), we covered the basics of process capability and its use as a Management tool. The focus of that blog was on capability analysis with continuous data that are normally distributed. In this second in our series on capability, I would … Read more
All LSS practitioners understand the importance of the Voice of the Customer (VOC) and Voice of the Business (VOB). Determining the VOC and VOB during the Define Phase is critical to project success in the DMAIC Process. Most GBs and BBs spend little time on this activity and use basic approaches for gathering and understanding … Read more
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