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March 7, 2013
Why wasting time surfing aimlessly at work is indicative of a bigger problem. Here’s how to fix this issue. by she_who_must From time-to-time we all waste time online and this often makes you feel irritated when you realise that an hour has passed and you’ve achieved nothing productive at all. You’re not alone; according to an […]
March 3, 2013
Recent figures suggest that employment is increasing yet the UK economy is struggling. How come? In this post I’ll give my opinion. by Fräulein Schiller The first question which should be asked is, “do these jobs actually exist?” While this initially sounds like a crazy question you just need to look at the figures which show […]
November 15, 2012
by CowGummy There’s a tool which is used within Lean but doesn’t get the recognition it deserves. It’s 3Ps, which stands for: production preparation, and process. How does 3P work? Seven steps to getting 3P to installed in your company are: Define Product or Process Design Objectives/Needs: The team seeks to understand the core customer needs […]
September 23, 2012
by HikingArtist.com Adopting statistical thinking is critical for businesses, however, what is it? Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write – H G Wells (1866 – 1946) When you can measure what you are speaking about and express it in numbers, you know something about […]
September 3, 2012
by fragmented I’ve mentioned before that Six Sigma certainly has its critics, and here are some more: almost five dozen companies that have adopted Six Sigma and found that the vast majority have underperformed the stock market … while fully 86 percent of them use Six Sigma or similar continuous-improvement methodologies, they generally achieve only incremental […]
August 29, 2012
Jeff Hajek’s Whaddaya Mean I Gotta Be Lean? Building the bridge from job satisfaction to corporate profit” is written for the people at the sharp-end of the Lean transformation process. Hajek says the main goals of the book are to: 1) increase the collaboration between overwhelmed employees and overburdened managers and 2) help the frontline […]
July 15, 2012
by Vinicius | www.rebirthart.deviantart.com Every Six Sigma project team utilizes a series of tools in their work to improve sigma performance. However, not all of the tools are complex. To make Six Sigma a success in your organization, it must affect everyone in the organization. Thus, it’s important to roll-out the basics first before starting on […]
June 5, 2012
by dhammza Hmm, I’m not sure I agree with this post: given that Lean/Six Sigma/Concurrent Design are really just a bag of tools from which a skilled mechanic will draw out one that is appropriate Or even understand this post (perhaps one of my readers can translate this into English). But I will agree that of […]
May 22, 2013
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