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Lean Six Sigma Hot Sports Opinions

By Ron Pereira - February 26th, 2007

It seems “Lean Six Sigma” has been on the minds of some bloggers lately. There was a great discussion over at the Gemba Research blog here. I saw Rob commented on the topic here. Last, but certainly not least, the folks at the Scra

The New Savior of the Free World – MVT

By Ron Pereira - February 22nd, 2007

Matt, a reader of this blog, sent me an article from Chief Executive magazine. While I was not going to comment until I studied this more I decided what the heck… tap dancing makes for boring blogs. I’m letting it fly!A company th

Excellent Six Sigma Resource

By Ron Pereira - February 13th, 2007

If you are involved with Six Sigma, statistics, quality control, or anything remotely similar I highly recommend you check out Keith Bower’s website. I came across this website a year or so ago and have learned so much. His podcast�

Why Some Lean Six Sigma Programs Fail – Part 2

By Ron Pereira - February 12th, 2007

In part 1 of “Why Lean Sigma Programs Fail” I discussed “activity centered programs.” Now I will introduce the alternative to ACP’s – results driven programs. Very simply stated RDP’s, as I will call them, aim for measura

Why Some Lean Six Sigma Programs Fail – Part 1

By Ron Pereira - February 11th, 2007

If you have not read the Harvard Business Review on Change I highly recommend it. It is a series of case studies focused on change management. One of the case studies is called, “Successful Change Programs Begin with Results” by Ro

Stop the Finger Pointing!

By Ron Pereira - February 7th, 2007

I despise, from the deepest pit of my being, the blame game that occurs within so many companies that manufacture products – any product. This problem is sadly amplified in western companies. It typically goes something like this, �

Be SMART!

By Ron Pereira - February 1st, 2007

I am often asked why some projects fail to get results or even get completed. This is a difficult question with many possible answers. But if I were forced to narrow it done the ever famous “you must have a good champion” would be

Control Charts – Part 3

By Ron Pereira - January 31st, 2007

Hello friends! This is the 3rd and final installment of all you wanted to know about control charts but were afraid to ask. In part 1 of the series we talked about the history and purpose of control charts. In part 2 we discussed three

Control Charts – Part 2

By Ron Pereira - January 30th, 2007

Welcome back. This is part 2 of the 3 part series on control charts. As promised we will discuss the p, c, and u charts this evening. These control charts are used when we are dealing with attribute data, which is sometimes refe

Control Charts – Part 1

By Ron Pereira - January 29th, 2007

The wife is off to her monthly book club, the kids are in bed, and the dogs are doing what they excel at – absolutely nothing. So I thought I would settle in for a bit and begin the first of a 3 part series on one of my favorite

Cupholders

By Ron Pereira - January 22nd, 2007

In my recent Lean Lunch blog I referenced the Kano Model. I received some questions on what this model was all about so thought I would shed some light on it this evening. By the way, if there is a topic you would like me to discuss pl

Six Sigma and JIT

By Ron Pereira - January 18th, 2007

I recently saw a question posted on the iSixSigma forum that went something like this, “How can Six Sigma enhance the just in time process?” I thought this was a great question and will offer my two cents on the topic this evening.

The Heated Law of Dispersion

By Ron Pereira - January 16th, 2007

One debate that often arises amongst my Six Sigma cohorts is when to use the standard deviation of a dataset and when we should use another measure of dispersion, namely the range. Descriptive Statistics Overview Let’s take a quick r

Process Mapping – Lean or Six Sigma Tool?

By Ron Pereira - January 16th, 2007

If someone walked up to your this morning at the coffee machine and asked you, “Is process mapping a Lean or Six Sigma tool?” what would you say? This may seem like a trivial question but I dare say it is not. Poka-Yoke is a Six S

Creating Synergy with Lean and Six Sigma

By Ron Pereira - January 15th, 2007

From Wikipedia: Synergy or synergism (from the Greek synergos, συνεργός meaning working together, circa 1660) refers to the phenomenon in which two or more discrete influences or agents acting together create an effect greater

Lean or Six Sigma?

By Ron Pereira - January 14th, 2007

This is my first official blog. I have long been impressed with the blogs of people like Jon Miller from Gemba Research and have finally decided to throw my hat into the blog ring. I thought I would focus my first blog on the topic of

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