Lean Six Sigma: What Is It?
Lean and Six Sigma Most people in business today have heard the term “Six Sigma.” Over the past few years, though, we’ve also begun to see the term “Lean Six Sigma.” You may be wonderin...
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Are We Speaking the Same Language?
The biggest issue that causes a stir in the lean six sigma world is CULTURE. How to develop the culture and manage the change to new lean initiatives. Sustaining improvements and avoiding the flavor of the month syndrome...
3 Ways to Start Your Next Kaizen Event
Kaizen Events can be a source of apprehension for many team members and team leaders. It’s at the beginning of the event when you want to set the tone that the team wants. . .”To Boldly Go, Where No Man ha...
Reduce Cycle Time in Your Process Map with Concurrent Activites
Yesterday, I was traveling on the highway, listening to my favorite CD when I made an observation. I took note of the tractor trailers on the road and noticed the majority had tractors with single trailers. Interest...
Voice of the Customer: Do you have super Sonic hearing?
The Voice of the Customer is the primary reason for engaging in continuous improvement efforts. Happy customers are critical to long term growth and profitability. As Lean Six Sigma practitioners we must always make su...
What is Lean Six Sigma?
Lean Six Sigma is the merger of two methods that aim to improve and maintain customer satisfaction. Lean is a system that uses visual tools and data to identify waste in a process. Lean projects are often called kaiz...
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