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The Organic Growth of Six Sigma at John Crane Inc.

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Deployment is one of the most critical elements of a successful Six Sigma program. Top-down support, champion training, wide publicity and Six Sigma awareness training for all employees are common components.

e-Kanban Proves Paper Isn’t Lean

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Kanban, in its most simplifying role, is a visual signal (or cue) that something needs to be replenished. More specifically, lean manufacturers today use kanban to drive a process to make, move or buy the appropriate parts.

How to Lead With Six Sigma--Think Statistically

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“Jim, how do we know that your project made any improvement?” asked the Six Sigma champion.

The Black Belt candidate looked confused.

Failure Mode and Effect Analysis--A Tutorial

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Failure mode and effect analysis, or FMEA, is an attempt to delineate all possible failures, their effects on the system, the likelihood of occurrence and the probability that the failure will go undetected.

Fraternal Twins: Six Sigma and ABM

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My twin grandsons celebrated their first birthday on July 1, 2001. And while the majority of people reading this article don’t know Alex and Austen, there is another set of twins celebrating their fifteenth birthday this year whose names are familiar.

Lean Manufacturing: The Answer to Low Offshore Wages

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Scott Paton’s "The Chinese are Coming! The Chinese are Coming!" (Quality Digest, February 2005) describes how China’s Chery Automobile Co. plans to undercut American automakers’ prices by up to 30 percent.

Recognizing Statistical Error in Quality

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As quality professionals, we frequently report such facts as proportions (percentages), process capability indices, averages and standard deviations as if we know what we’re talking about. But what’s our actual level of confidence?

Living FMEAs Need Links

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For years, customers and auditors have been preaching to suppliers the need for the FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis) to be a “living” document.

Thinking Lean in 17th Century Poland

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“Then the Husaria broke into a wild g allop and the heavy mass of men and horses cascaded over the Turkish ranks, bowling over the first, slicing through the second… The Grand Vizir leapt onto a horse and made his own escape moments before the winged riders thundered up to the tent and the ba

Applying Lean to Learning

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In a lean environment, training is the last part of the production process to be transformed by the new approach to efficiency.

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