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Having access to an online game simulator is quite useful in teaching various aspects of statistics. We will look at three in order of complexity: a basic projectile simulator, a catapult  and the […]

What assumptions must be met to use a standard control chart? What should you do if one or more are not satisfied?

We will focus on the Individual’s Control Chart.

Three requirements must be met. […]

Use a Yamazumi Chart to highlight the three broad types of process deficiencies to improve in Lean: Muda (Waste), Mura (Unevenness), and Muri (Overburden).

Yamazumi is a Japanese word translated as huge mound, […]

Data transformations are useful and necessary in some statistical applications. We will discuss one of the most famous ones, the Box-Cox transformation. 

We will use two of the most often used software […]

Learn how Six Sigma is used in the wine-making business.

At the Six Sigma Ranch, Kaj Ahlmann, former Exective Vice President and director of GE Capital Services, owner of Six Sigma Ranch, and currently Managing […]

We’ve heard a lot about the Plan/Do/Check/Act (PDCA) and the Plan/Do/Study/Act (PDSA) Cycles. What are they? Are they different? Are they related?

We will first hear from two experts: The first, explaining P […]

Machine learning is mentioned frequently in the media. How is it different from classical statistics? How is it similar?

We found it best to learn about this from Brian Caffo, a Ph.D. in statistics who also has […]

Visual Management. What is it? Why use it? Examples. Do’s and Don’t’s.

To address these, we first hear from two experts giving their take on visual management. Then we’ll get information on why visual manageme […]

Lean and Six Sigma projects all have potential risks that may derail or impact the project in other ways: scope, time, and/or cost. Project risk management provides approaches and tools to mitigate such […]

Continuous Improvement at Caterpillar includes Six Sigma, Lean, and the Caterpillar Production System (CPS). We will cover all three using various sources.

Six Sigma: 

They initiated their Six Sigma Program […]