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Endrea Kosven wrote a new post 6 years, 2 months ago
Bill Waddell, Lean manufacturing expert with over 30 years of experience and co-author of “Simple Excellence: Organizing and Aligning the Management Team in a Lean Transformation,” discusses the benefits of pai […]
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Endrea Kosven wrote a new post 6 years, 3 months ago
Error Proofing, Mistake Proofing, or in Japanese Poka-Yoke.
Shigeo Shingo developed Poka-Yoke while working for Toyota.
Poka-Yoke is first and foremost the prevention of an error before it could have […]
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Endrea Kosven wrote a new post 6 years, 3 months ago
In this YouTube video, Doug Neill gives a useful introduction to the construction of mind maps.
A mind map is a graphical way to visualize and organize information. As such it is great for summarizing your Lean […]
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Endrea Kosven wrote a new post 6 years, 3 months ago
In this video from Innovation Tutorials, learn how to know your customers better and design products and services for them through the Kano Model.
Noriaki Kano, currently Professor Emeritus at Tokyo […]
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Endrea Kosven wrote a new post 6 years, 3 months ago
One of the eight wastes in Lean is Motion: Unnecessary movements by people.
Two of the pioneers in studying motion and how to make it more efficient were the husband and wife team Frank and Lillian […]
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Mike Carnell replied to the topic How to Optimize Lean Six Sigma Mentoring Programs in the forum Become a Mentor or Request a Mentor 6 years, 3 months ago
I have no idea how anyone could possible know their mentoring was optimized. To determine that you would have to understand what every other mentoring option would have accomplished and what you did was best.
You want big ROI get good at financial modeling so you understand what a project is worth. ROI is a function of how much opportunity was…[Read more]
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Mike Carnell replied to the topic What does an employer look for in hiring a Certified Black Belt? in the forum Black Belts 6 years, 3 months ago
I prefer to start with a tool called Predictive Index (PI). We have, over the years collected data on the PI profile that works. There is no single profile that works but there is a profile which gives you a very high probability of success.
High A – Confidence is generated from within. They know they will be successful because they are doing…[Read more]
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Mike Carnell replied to the topic Should a Black Belt be a full time role in an organization? in the forum Black Belts 6 years, 3 months ago
Yes. You put you best trained problem solver on your worst problems. Part time only makes sense if you don’t have your worst problems or your best people. The other option of course if that maybe you don’t care if something gets fixed.
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Mike Carnell replied to the topic Generalized Black Belt Training or Specialized Black Belt Training? in the forum Black Belts 6 years, 3 months ago
The whole concept of specialized BB training was so some consultant could create some niche in the market where they can be a big fish in a little pond. It is a ridiculous concept. A BB was from the beginning intended to be a person with problem solving skills (data driven). If you need specific product knowledge on a project you bring that in…[Read more]
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Mike Carnell replied to the topic How can HR apply Six Sigma to optimize HR Data Management? in the forum Ask an Expert 6 years, 3 months ago
These questions always amaze me. Why would data from people be any different than anything else. There is no special formula for averages for people generated data or standard deviation for people data. They are numbers and the tools don’t care where the numbers came from.
Just my opinion.
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