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Lean Six Sigma Toolbox
How much data do you need?
How much data do you need – Lean 6 Sigma Mini Lesson.mp4 Hi everyone!, Cedro [...]
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What is JIT?
IT stands for Just In Time. What does that mean? Today we call it Lean [...]
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What is Kanban?
Kanban is a Japanese word that means a signboard, or in other words, a signal [...]
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What is Kaizen?
Kaizen is a Japanese word that means continuous improvement. Broken up into two parts, Kai [...]
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Where to get Lean 6 Sigma Certified?
You can get a lean six Sigma certification from anywhere. You can literally go online [...]
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Published on March 8, 2016 Edit article View stats Status is onlineCedro ToroCEO – KPI Fire Strategy Execution Software28 articles A friend of mine emailed me with a tough question last month. “I have a problem. About a year ago I (somehow) talked my way into a job as a CI coordinator. …It’s been a […]
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Calculating Lean Six Sigma Project Savings
There are famous battles in our history. The Battle at Waterloo, Custer’s Last Stand, and the Battle of the Bulge. But none is so fiercely fought as the battle of whether or not a Lean Six Sigma project delivered real value or just “soft” savings! The Lean Six Sigma Black Belts argue, “All savings are […]
The team here at KPI Fire just got back from the Engineering Lean & Six Sigma conference in San Antonio, Texas. I know many of you couldn’t go so I took some notes! One of those notes that really stuck with me was a presentation by Johanna Ficatier of the Mayo Clinic. “Why do Healthcare Professionals fight the concept of Standard Work?” […]
Within the strategic planning world, Hoshin Kanri is becoming a major buzzword. Hoshin Kanri refers to managing company objectives and is sometimes called “Policy Deployment” or “Hoshin Planning”. However you say it, Hoshin Planning is a proven method for ensuring strategic goals are achieved while minimizing waste in business processes. Hoshin Planning is part of […]
Make Room for the Voice of the Customer in your Strategic Plan Your Strategic Plan is your team’s roadmap for the entire year. It’s important that your team doesn’t focus on financial metrics alone. Financials are important but they are usually lagging indicators. That means that setting an aggressive Sales target may be what you want […]
So you trained a bunch of people to be Lean Six Sigma Green Belts. Now what? I’ve seen it a hundred times. A company hand picks their best and brightest to get Green Belt certified with the hope that they will solve the company’s problems and create a culture of Continuous Improvement. What really happens? […]
How do you know if you are Winning or Losing at the game of work? Key Performance Indicators! KPIs should be the first and last thing you think about as you pass that underused Ping Pong table on the way to and from your office. Not to be too obvious but key word here is […]
Hi Lean People! I get asked all the time, “Why isn’t my organization using the Lean principles I’m trying to teach them?” This problem isn’t just for people starting on their Lean journey, even old pros often struggle to change the culture of an organization. Sometimes I see good people heading as fast as they […]