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The Scrap Market: A Place for Defects 0
- Quality, Sharing Best Practices, Visual Factory
- June 16, 2010
Quality problems usually appear in the form of loss (defective items and their cost). It is extremely important to clarify the distribution pattern of the loss. Most of the loss will be due to a very small number of causes. Thus, if the causes of these vital few defects are identified, we can eliminate almost
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Simplicity: When Details Matter 0
- In the News, Lean Basics
- June 14, 2010
According to Occam’s razor, all other things being equal, the simplest theory is the most likely to be true. A simple solution always takes less time to finish than a complex one. So always do the simplest thing that could possibly work next. If you find something that is complex replace it with something simple. It’s
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Lean Quote of the Day, June 11, 2010 0
- Lean Quote
- June 11, 2010
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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Is Disorganization Holding You Back?0
- Lean Office
- June 9, 2010
Many of us think we are organized and are not aware of how the contrary affects us. It is not always obvious how disorganization is affecting the quality and efficiency of your work. Let’s try is this short test to see if you are disorganized: 1. Do you spend a large part of your day
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The Seven Wastes of Product Development 0
- Guest Post
- June 7, 2010
I recently had the pleasure to guest post on Shmula. Shmula, is the work of Pete Abilla, a proven Lean and Six Sigma practitioner. His blog is a reflection of his take on technology, business, operations, Lean, Six Sigma, and a few other topics. Pete started a series of posts under the tag 7 wastes which describe
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Lean Quote of the Day, June 4, 2010 0
- Lean Quote
- June 4, 2010
On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an important aspect on
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