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Why should smokers pay for fatties?
2008-01-02 20:36:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2008 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/why-should-smokers- pay-for-fatties/. Americans get really weird when we talk about obesity. They’re terrified of hurting the feelings of fat people and treat their condition as a mystery, a phenomenon that modern science may someday unravel. If you can’t drink four litres of ... More About: Smokers
From around the web
2008-01-01 08:36:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2008 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/from-around-the-web /. Every Tuesday I present links which you may want to check out. More links (updated daily) can be found here: Click for “Mega Learn Sigma Feed”. Powered by RSS Feed Digest Share This
The problem isn?t Facebook, it?s apathy
2008-01-01 02:02:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2008 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/the-problem-isnt-fa cebook-its-apathy/. Banning employees from using networking websites such as Facebook , as an estimated 70% of UK employers have done, is hopelessly naive. The reality is that wherever you have large offices, state-run or private, you will have people finding innovative ways ... More About: Problem , Apathy , Path
Chinas Toxic Toys
2007-12-30 18:18:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/chinas-toxic-toys/. Most people had never heard of Zhang Shuhong until he hanged himself. One of legions of equally faceless sub-contractors in Chinese manufacturing, he owned part of a factory that made dolls for Mattel, the US toy giant. On the day ... More About: Toys , Toxic
The Poisson distribution and my blisters
2007-12-30 14:02:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/the-poisson-distrib ution-and-my-blisters/.How I used the Poisson distribution to see how likely I am to get a minor injury when running. image by Hamed Saber What is the the Poisson distribution? From iSixSigma Discrete distribution. Length of the observation period (or area) is fixed in advance. Events occurs ... More About: Distribution , Lister
A recession would do us good
2007-12-29 02:01:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/a-recession-would-d o-us-good/. Call me crazy but hope the recession now being forecast by some economists materialises. I recognise that it would cause hardship, but it may be the only thing that can save us from ourselves. Although economic growth is always held ... More About: Good , Recession
Brown and the Phillips Curve
2007-12-27 07:28:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/brown-and-the-phill ips-curve/. The key question for British politics is whether a long-dead economist is about to return to haunt Gordon Brown . The ghost in question is Professor Alban Phillips , deviser of the Phillips Curve , once deemed an immutable fact of economic life. ...
Coal is back - and the world will suffer
2007-12-26 18:40:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/coal-is-back-and-th e-world-will-suffer/. Forget air travel the biggest environmental headache facing us today is coal. The dirtiest fossil fuel of all is responsible for a quarter of the world’s CO2 emissions - and its use is soaring around the world. China, for instance, ... More About: World , Back , The World , Coal
Bring me sunshine - Happy Xmas!
2007-12-25 06:39:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/bring-me-sunshine-h appy-xmas/. Happy Xmas to all readers of LearnSigma. Xmas wouldn’t be Xmas without a bit of Morecambe and Wise . In the UK, their 1977 Christmas Show attracted 28 million viewers, around half of the total UK population. It was a record for ... More About: Sunshine
Americans need to be more French
2007-12-24 19:12:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/americans-need-to-b e-more-french/.It’s meant to be a damning indictment of the US healthcare system but the most shocking revelation for American viewers of Michael Moore’s Sicko is that the French get 30 days paid holiday a year. America is the only advanced economy ... More About: Americans
The promise that presidents always break
2007-12-23 07:12:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/the-promise-that-pr esidents-always-break/. Although President Bush has still got some time left to go in office, I can already predict two things with confidence. First, his successor will be elected on a promise to lead America to energy independence. Second, that promise won’t be kept. Every ... More About: Break , Presidents , Promise
Lean Process Illustrated
2007-12-22 09:18:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/leanprocess/. Lean Process , originally uploaded by GoPro. A graphical overview of the House of Lean Share This
Cooperation
2007-12-22 09:18:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/cooperation-3/. Cooperation , originally uploaded by GoPro. Cooperation, co-operation or coöperation is the practice of individuals or larger societal entities working in common with mutually agreed-upon goals and possibly methods, instead of working separately in competition, and in which the success of one is dependent and contingent upon the success of another. Share This
5s-english
2007-12-22 09:17:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/5s-english/. 5s-english, originally uploaded by GoPro. The 5S Process, or simply “5S”, is a structured program to systematically achieve total organization, cleanliness, and standardization in the workplace. A well-organized workplace results in a safer, more efficient, and more productive operation. It boosts the morale of the workers, promoting a sense of pride in their work and ownership of their responsibilities. Share This More About: English
Lean IT
2007-12-21 22:37:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/lean-it/. I’ve been wondering recently if email can be classified as an Andon signal? A lot of service processes use email as a means to signal an alert to trigger an action. Can this be classified as an Andon signal? Andon gives the worker the ability to stop that section of the process when an action or the assistance of someone else is required. The alerts may be logged to a database so that they can be studied as part of a continuous-improvement program. Does this depend on how visibility is classified? For example I’m thinking of software which may have a built-in escalation feature. If a target action date or time is exceeded then that persons manager gets notified. I guess it would be even more visible if the email is picked-up using say blackberries? What do you think? This train of thought continued after I read an article posted over at Lean .org. C...
Give us an unfit president
2007-12-21 14:57:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/give-us-an-unfit-pr esident/. I like running! However, I’ve been making a mental list of the qualities Americans really don’t want in their next president, based on the traumatic experience with the Bush administration. And the first of them must be to avoid a ... More About: President , Give
Stat geek t-shirt
2007-12-20 02:54:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/stat-geek-t-shirt/. This is a must but t-shirt for all stat geeks! Share This More About: Geek , Shirt , T-Shirt , Stat
Cliff Richard -v- Radiohead
2007-12-19 18:02:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/cliff-richard-v-rad iohead/. Hard on the heels of Radiohead ’s pay what you like experiment - in which fans were invited to decide how much they wanted to pay for the group’s latest album - comes news that Cliff Richard is also testing new ...
Save us from Paris Hilton
2007-12-18 06:02:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/paris-hilton-signs- of-returning-sanity/. How do you explain the phenomenon that is Paris Hilton . Here is a woman who has never shown a talent for anything beyond shopping and going to nightclubs, yet still she is wildly, ridiculously, unbelievably famous. The heiress’s notoriety began a ... More About: Save
Select your weapon
2007-12-17 07:12:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/select-your-weapon/ . Binge drinking is a massive problem in the UK, especially at Xmas. So if your going to get violent after 10 pints of lager, at least try to be a bit different: don’t use your hands, feet or fists. Better still ... More About: Weapon , Select
Systems thinking
2007-12-17 02:09:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/systems-thinking/. Share This More About: Systems , Thinking
Build a polaris sub for $7
2007-12-16 23:42:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/build-a-polaris-sub -for-7/. We’re all undercover statisticians us six-sigma practitioners. So why not send away for strat-o-matic? You’ll have numbers and math coming out of your ears before long. However, as a UK resident, baseball isn’t all that popular over here, so, I think ... More About: Blogroll , Build , Polaris
Crap statistics
2007-12-15 11:40:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/crap-statistics/. Spare a thought for Angela Merkel as her government has been through hell trying to explain away statistics relating to a somewhat different issue. Why, the German press and Green party wanted to know, has the German army been consuming ... More About: Crap , Statistics
Santas Six Sigma Adventure
2007-12-14 15:11:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/santas-six-sigma-ad venture/. HO HO HO! Meikah has found a great link; how Santa uses Six Sigma and Lean to improve his processes this Xmas. As a result of the launch of our Six Sigma program in early Spring, which was brought in to compliment ... More About: Adventure
Workers need to daydream
2007-12-13 12:57:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/workers-need-to-day dream/.Is America turning into a nation of slackers?There has been much hand-wringing about this lately in the wake of a survey that found that the typical US employee fritters away no less than two hours a day surfing the internet, ... More About: Workers
Six Sigma is rubbish
2007-12-12 13:51:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/six-sigma-is-rubbis h/. Putting aside facts such as Motorola has reported over US$17 billion in savings from Six Sigma as of 2006 or by employing Six Sigma : The savings as a percentage of revenue vary from 1.2% to 4.5% This “unbiased” article proclaims: Six Sigma is ... More About: Rubbish
Design for six-sigma: process, service & product design
2007-12-12 07:38:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/design-for-six-sigm a-process-service-and-product-design/. When implementing DFSS it is important to make the distinction between what you are actually designing. Is it a process, a service or a product, click the the table image: While new process design may involve only a few of ... More About: Design , Product , Service , Sigma , Six Sigma
Global warming: why we are in denial?
2007-12-10 19:38:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/global-warming-why- we-are-in-denial/. We have about 100 months left. If global greenhouse emissions haven’t peaked by the end of 2015, then our chances of keeping climate change within tolerable limits will be vanishingly tiny. This is the sobering consensus shared by almost all ... More About: Global Warming , Global , Denial , Armin
Six-sigma team dynamics
2007-12-10 05:46:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/six-sigma-team-dyna mics/.Good team dynamics are essential to the success or failure of a Six Sigma project. They include knowing the responsibilities of each member of the project improvement team, including the team leader (known as either the Black Belt or Green ... More About: Dynamics , Team , Six Sigma , Nami
The most pointless SoP ever?
More articles from this author:2007-12-08 17:45:00 Copyright © learnsigma 2007 . This article may be out-of-date; visit the latest version at http://learnsigma.com/the-most-pointless- sop-ever/. Share This More About: Pointless 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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