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The Successes of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma: A Case Study 0
- Guest Post
- November 14, 2012
Those who deal with Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing on a frequent basis will be fully aware of the benefits they can have for businesses; dramatic improvements in quality and service, improved customer satisfaction and improved reliability, are just to name a few. But, it’s rare that individuals looking to learn more about the philosophy
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Get Involved – 3rd Annual World Quality Month 0
- ASQ's Influential Voices
- November 13, 2012
Join the Global Quality Community in celebrating World Quality Month in November 2012! Now in its third year, World Quality Month provides a platform for acknowledging the efforts and accomplishments of the Global Quality Community. This is a time to celebrate—a time to showcase the advancements and valuable quality contributions in businesses, communities, and institutions.
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The Outstanding Organization is Outstanding 0
- Book Review
- November 12, 2012
What’s holding back your organization? Are people still fighting fires, missing targets, producing defects, and doubting direction? Why haven’t you been able to sustain your gains? After two decades in the trenches of helping companies design and build better, more efficient operations, Karen Martin has pinpointed why performance improvement programs often fail: chaos, the sneaky
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Lean Quote: A Lack of A Problem Solving Process Means More Problems 0
- Lean Quote
- November 9, 2012
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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Meet-up: Personal Kanban’s Jim Benson 0
- Meet-up
- November 7, 2012
Today’s guest on the meet-up guest is Jim Benson. Jim is the co-author (along with Tonianne DeMaria Barry) of Personal Kanban. Jim and Tonianne are the ones who got me turned on to use of a kanban system for personal productivity. They wrote a wonderful book that allows anyone to visualize work in a simple
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Book Review: Reflections of A Business Nomad 0
- Book Review
- November 6, 2012
On Friday, I received in the mail Pascal Dennis’s new book Reflections of a Business Nomad. As a longtime fan of Pascal’s work over the years I sat down Saturday to learn his newest lessons. Reflections of a Business Nomad is not like Pascal’s other awarding winning books (Lean Production Simplified, Andy & Me, Getting
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