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Regression – Part 2

By Ron - March 5th, 2007

Last night we began our discussion on regression. Tonight, I want to talk about a few more things related to this topic. As I was thinking of what to write I realized how difficult it is to explain these topics without a flip chart! Th

Regression – Part 1

By Ron - March 4th, 2007

After posting my recent blog on hypothesis testing I received a request to write about regression in a similar manner. As I am always focused on the “voice of the customer” I will take on regression tonight. This will be part

Teaching our Kids

By Ron - March 1st, 2007

I am of the opinion that the US education system needs some major work. Today, in our public school system we push students through with little regard to what their strengths, weaknesses, likes, and dislikes are. I once heard (from som

Construction Industry Uses LSS

By Ron - February 28th, 2007

I came across this article and while it doesn’t go into great detail it talks about how LSS was taught to home builders during the final days of a workshop. It is always encouraging to me when I see and hear of other industries u

Hypothesis Testing

By Ron - February 27th, 2007

One of my favorite statistical tools is hypothesis testing. We can use hypothesis testing for many purposes. For example, we would use the popular 2-sample t-test when we have two samples of variable data and want to understand if they

Lean Six Sigma Hot Sports Opinions

By Ron - 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 - February 22nd, 2007

Matt, a reader of this blog, sent me this article tonight and 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 that calls itself Qu

Excellent Six Sigma Resource

By Ron - 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 - 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 - 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

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