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Latest news, comment and opinion on business improvement using lean six-sigma and management system tools and techniques.

Added on: Jul 1st, 2007
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English

Author: robert thompson
Listed in: Business Entrepreneurship
Tags: quality six sigma lean manufacturing six-sigma quality assurance iso 9000

Recent Posts

The Heart of Continuous Improvement

Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 00:21 in video, learning, knowledge transfer, continuous improvement

Learning and knowledge transfer, within and across teams, are vital. Related Reading: The Model in Practice 2: Using the EFQM Excellence Model to Deliver Continuous Improvement Relationships Among IT Application, Knowledge Transfer, & Innovation: W...
Case Study DELL – Lean Manufacturing

Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 07:33 in video, study, enterprise, lean, case, dell, example

Related Reading: Microsoft .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise (PRO-Developer) Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 14 How to Write Better Essays (Palgrave Study Skills) AQA A2 Business Studies: Unit 3: Strategies for Success The Far...
Drawing a Picture of A3: Continuous Improvement in Manufacturing

Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 07:33 in video, lean manufacturing, manufacturing, continuous improvement, best plants, lean learning center, a3 thinking, industryweek, jamie flinchbaugh

IW Best Plants Conference: Developing People with A3 Thinking: In this session at the 2009 IW Best Plants Conference, Jamie Flinchbaugh, Founder and Partner, Lean Learning Center provides a basic primer on A3, outlining its use as a method to struct...
DMAIC Toolbar for Minitab 15

Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 02:19 in Motorola, toolbar, six-sigma, Feature, statistical tools

Image via Wikipedia The DMAIC Toolbar organizes the statistical tools used to implement Six Sigma according to the DMAIC roadmap (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control), and gives you access to them from one toolbar. From Minitab: The DMAI...
How Lean Dynamics can be used effectively

Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 02:08 in business, consulting, lean manufacturing, six-sigma, lean, Feature, peter drucker, genichi taguchi, continuous improvement process, lean dynamics

I recently posted the following question on Linked Q&A: How can Lean Dynamics be used effectively? Lean dynamics is a business management practice that emphasizes the same primary outcome as lean manufacturing or lean production of eliminating w...
Triathlon Transitions and Single Minute Exchange of Die

Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 01:53 in lean manufacturing, triathlon, lean, Feature, smed

I maintain a popular triathlon blog here and have often thought just how similar the objectives are during the transitions (between the swim and bike, then the bike and run) and when conducting a SMED activity. What is a transition area? Transition a...