Lean Six Sigma Bursts: E10: Explaining Lean and Six Sigma to Natural Problem Solvers
During Lean and Six Sigma classes, I meet a lot of people who are good problem solvers already, and they mention that the topics are similar to how they approach …
Lean Six Sigma for Good Podcast — E075: Saving the Timber – Henry Ford’s Today and Tomorrow
In this episode, I share chapter 11 of the 1926 book, “Today and Tomorrow” by…
Lean Six Sigma for Good Podcast — E074: Setting Up a Lean Six Sigma Volunteer Group in Your City
In this episode, I provide more details for anyone interested in setting up a local…
Lean Six Sigma Bursts: E9: Access historic PRODUCTIVITY newsletters from Norman Bodek (1980-1993)
I share exciting news that we have digital access to Norman Bodek’s past PRODUCTIVITY newsletters from 1980-1993. He lived in Vancouver, Washington (near Portland), but was moving to Japan permanently, …
Lean Six Sigma Bursts: E8: Safety, Quality, Delivery and Customer – How SQDC charts can drive daily management
I discuss the simple visual management templates called SQDC (also called QDIP). These visuals help simplify the daily management for a process area, to quickly bring attention to areas that …
Lean Six Sigma Bursts: E7: Applying Lean at Home – Contest with Prizes Ends Sept 30th
I discuss the Lean at Home contest being run by Lean Portland. We are giving away $200 in prizes to those who submit an improvement project at home that was …
Lean Six Sigma Bursts: E6: What are Pareto charts and why should you display them horizontally?
I explain what Pareto charts are, and why they should be used more often than they are. I also summarize an older article I wrote about changing the way to …
Lean Six Sigma Bursts: E5: What are hypothesis tests and why do we need them?
I explain how and when hypothesis tests can be used, based on a recent article I wrote, which looked at the racial inequities brought up by football players at the …
Lean Six Sigma for Good Podcast — E073: Reuse Organization Performance Metrics with Chris Pletcher
Chris Pletcher is the Business Developer (and “Jack of all trades”) at Finger Lakes ReUse….
Lean Six Sigma Bursts: E4: What is the DMAIC Improvement model?
I created a video that accompanies this quick explanation of DMAIC, which stands for Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control. DMAIC is the core structure used in Six Sigma projects …