Month: May 2007

56 Articles

5 Steps to Data Collection

By Ron Pereira - May 31st, 2007

In most Six Sigma training programs and text books  you will hear about a 5 step data collection process.  However, what they don’t tell you is that collecting data is tricky.  Many people think they can simply run off and gra

Lean in Japan, Or Not

By Jon Miller - May 30th, 2007

The YouTube video titled Lean in Japan is a bit bizarre. It’s probably strange enough to most people as a window into modern Japan, but overlaid with Lean lingo it’s just weird. It’s not clear if this video is tongue-

Calling all Bloggers!

By Ron Pereira - May 30th, 2007

One of the ideas I have been tossing around is inviting others interested in Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement in general to “guest blog” here at LSS Academy.  So if you are a Blogger wanting to co

Typical Project Management

By Ron Pereira - May 30th, 2007

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Innovative Manufacturing at Stanford University

By Ron Pereira - May 30th, 2007

I learned some more stumbling tricks and came across an interesting website.  This site was put together by the nice people at Stanford.  On the site are videos of several different manufacturing processes.  You can watch an 8 minu

WordPress Rocks!

By Ron Pereira - May 30th, 2007

When I first transitioned this blog over to WordPress (WP) I wondered if I had made a terribe mistake.  Blogger was so easy to use and format.  You can drag and drop things to your hearts desire.  This was gone when I went to a sel

5S Simulation

By Ron Pereira - May 29th, 2007

I received my prize for my hard fought victory in the recent GembaPantarei 5S competition.  The prize was a 5S simulation game.  My 4 year old daughter has been after me to let her have a shot at it.  Yesterday was her lucky day!

How to Get Your Time Back

By Jon Miller - May 29th, 2007

They say time is the only resource you can’t get any more of. Wouldn’t it be great if you could get your time back? All of that time that was lost, wasted or simply misplaced – if we could only get it back, we would p

Tsurube System

By Ron Pereira - May 29th, 2007

After reading some Lean textbooks and possibly attending a conference or two many “Lean Dreams” are crushed when the practitioner is told, “Friend, there ain’t no way we are converting that $4 million paint line into some fancy

Stop Moving and Start Working

By Ron Pereira - May 28th, 2007

In Taiichi Ohno’s Workplace Management we read about the difference between animal-like-motion and human work.  Simply put many people confuse moving around with working.  This is to say that we can work up a sweat and look as

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