How changing attitudes and e-commerce are affecting lean production systems
Master Black Belt helps develop economic and efficient evacuation plans
Measuring at the market-segment level can reveal the differences
How cool would it be to kick your manager’s butt?
How could it not be beneficial for a firm to improve quality? Well...
Major impediments that keep process excellence from going mainstream
Do your metrics pass the “so what” test?
Especially in an electronic format
Implications of the economic design of control charts
Ruminating on front-line blame
To do things right, first ask if you’re doing the right things
Seven points to ponder
In business, all process is at best an attempt to describe or control reality
Six Sigma team solves problem of unwanted brush marks in carpeting while maintaining its plushness
Few SPC textbooks address the non-normality issue in depth
“I really didn’t say everything I said.” —Yogi Berra
Product and services can be made lean in America.
Making improvements permanent is as important as identifying root causes
One country’s disaster is everybody’s kaizen
Companies debating the relative merits of these practices should instead learn to combine both
