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3 Year Old Solves Rubik?s Cube in 114 seconds
2007-11-17 17:22:00 Now this is what I call dedication to problem-solving: Share This More About: Cube , Year , Rubik , Seconds
Six Sigma escapes from the factory floor
2007-11-17 08:14:00 In a world where even surfer dudes can solve the secrets of the universe it pays to be slightly optimistic about non-standard applications of Six Sigma . Six Sigma has certainly been muted for use in some strange ways which are a far cry from its manufacturing roots. How about sifting through thousands of data ... More About: Factory , Floor
Japans inevitable demise?
2007-11-16 15:32:00 Here’s a controversial post, but not deliberately so. Once an economic powerhouse, could Japan become a footnote in history? Its population of 127 million is shrinking by a million a year, and by 2050 will be down to 90 million - an unheard-of decline for a rich country in peacetime. Many Japanese are delighted: crammed on to ...
Lean Pizza
2007-11-16 08:00:00 It’s clear that Papa John and Domino are listening to the Voice of the Customer to get a detailed understanding of the customer’s requirements: Louisville-based Papa John’s International Inc. this week rolled out its text message ordering option at its 2,700 U.S. restaurants. It’s a progression from the pizza maker’s online ordering, which began in 2001 ... More About: Pizza , Lean
8 steps to lean six-sigma culture change
2007-11-15 13:15:00 (Talk about pointless analysis !!) Hmm, I’m not sure I agree with this post: given that Lean /Six Sigma /Concurrent Design are really just a bag of tools from which a skilled mechanic will draw out one that is appropriate Or even understand this post (perhaps one of my readers can translate this into English). But I will ... More About: Culture , Change , Six Sigma
Innovation + Six Sigma = Disaster?
2007-11-14 18:29:00 Six Sigma … innovation … not compatible … blah, blah, blah As I’ve wrote time and time again on this blog there is no reason why Six Sigma should stifle innovation. Obviously 3M would disagree: [3M Shelves Six Sigma in R&D] Critics argue that excessive metrics, steps, measurements and Six Sigma?s intense focus on reducing variability ... More About: Disaster , Innovation , Aster
Annoyed about transactional six-sigma
2007-11-13 18:13:00 It’s interesting to see that Six Sigma is being applied more frequently in transactional environments: Buffalo, NY (WBEN) - Throughout his successful campaign for County Executive, Republican Chris Collins spoke often of Six Sigma as one of the primary tools to get Erie County moving toward a more prosperous future. Although this clearly upsets a few ... More About: Tran , Anno , Ansa
Six sigma - it?s so like, yesterday
2007-11-13 00:31:00 (Note that this image doesn’t really have anything to do with this post, but I just found it strange that a glass of beer can be larger than a womans head.) What with Home Depot, 3M, GE all apparently acknowledging the days of six sigma are gone, what are we to do? So has the Six Sigma ... More About: Yesterday , Six Sigma
Keep it simple!
2007-11-12 00:31:00 Metrology is a complex subject, however applying a lean mindset to the whole subject gives us this: Condition Forecast Stone is wet Rain Stone is dry Not raining Shadow on ground Sunny White on top Snowing Can?t see stone Foggy Swinging stone Windy Stone jumping up and down Earthquake Stone gone Tornado It’s rather like the urban legend: During the space race back in the 1960’s, NASA was faced with a major problem. The astronaut ... More About: Simple
Star Wars Series Visibility
2007-11-10 11:12:00 Were you confused by Star Wars ? Well perhaps Lucas should have taken a leaf out of Leans book and made the series more visible. Visibility is one of the key concepts of Lean Manufacturing as you can only manage an operation if it is fully understood, and understanding comes from being able to see what is ... More About: Series , Serie
Latest Lean Videos
2007-11-09 15:22:00 The authors of Lean Doing!, Gerard Leone and Richard Rahn, discuss the five essential elements of sustaining lean cultural change. A Quick Introduction to Lean Thinking by the NHS group Institute for Innovation and Improvement. An interview with John Seddon, “What can we learn from the Toyota Production System?” Be sure to subscribe for more great articles! ... More About: Videos
How we?ll never never ever ever beat china on price!
2007-11-07 18:36:00 This is why American and European manufacturers will never beat China for price. How much is a human life worth? The Health and Safety Executive would have a coronary hart attack - that’s the same as OSHA to our friends in the colonies. Bloody hell - this is truly mad!! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1 GZrntCbVT8] related posts Technorati Tags: six sigma, ... More About: Blogroll , Price , Beat
The leadership cult of the black swan
2007-11-06 18:35:00 I’ve recently read two books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb who is an ex-trader. The first: Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets, looks at how and why we tend to assume the existence of patterns where there is only randomness, and assume skill where there is nothing ... More About: Cult , Leadership , Black , Swan , The Leader
Y=F(X): How to Define Y Without the Customer?
2007-11-05 18:31:00 I’ve been reading this excellent article: Y=f(X) Roadmap: Telling the DMAIC Story Using Xs and Ys. It argues that each DMAIC phase can be described by how it contributes to identifying which few process and input variables mainly influence the process output measures: Define : Understand the project Y and how to measure it. Measure: Prioritize potential ... More About: Customer
Toyotas innovative coal powered car excites consultants
2007-11-05 17:31:00 From April onwards due to the fact that Toyota sold more cars and trucks than General Motors (despite ongoing quality problems) all consultants gave a cheer and began to celebrate, throwing caution to the wind and splashing huge wads of money around the crap tables of Vegas. Why? Because they: sell the no-waste business regimen ... More About: Coal , Consultants , Innovative , Inno , Red Car
Screwed by Sony
2007-11-04 17:29:00 While Lean methods know no bounds you always find at least one company who dosen’t quite “get it”. In this case it’s Sony (via boing boing): “God help you if you need a new screw for your Sony stuff: Sony charges 61 Euros (more than $82) for a replacement “ Be sure to subscribe for more ... More About: Screwed
Enter the 4th dimension - pull world
2007-11-03 18:27:00 Lean manufacturing is great! It’s all about ping-pong, football tables, EBay and elephants. But God help you if you haven’t already implemented it, flateto analysis would show, especially if you live in Canada where the dollar is strong, that if you didn’t put it in place by 1995, don’t even bother , no matter ... More About: World , Enter , Dimension , Dime , Mens
BPM Battles Six Sigma
2007-11-02 18:23:00 Ting! There goes the bell. If you put Business Process Management (BPM) and six sigma in a boxing match, who would you place your money on? Well for a somewhat biased account (towards BPM), download a free pdf to read the full blow-by-blow report, but if you’re in a hurry (apparently): BPM is about the ... More About: Sigma , Six Sigma , Battles
The future of the human race
2007-11-02 08:55:00 [link] The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist. However, as reported here: The ?research? was conducted for men?s satellite TV channel Bravo. This is what Ben Goldacre had to say about this. Other rubbish: Holiday ... More About: Future , Human , Race , The Future , Human Race
Open Source Food, Drink, and Globalisation
2007-11-02 06:19:00 Normally applied to software, you can extend the Open Source ethos to food and drink. So, how do no-brand, no-logo cola, chicken curry, and beer affect globalization? What Is Open Source and Why Is It Important? We live in an era where image is nearly everything; the proliferation ... More About: Food , Drink
How to predict the future
2007-11-01 18:20:00 [link] Political scientist Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is using a computerized game theory model. Former CIA analyst Stanley Feder says that he has used Bueno de Mesquita’s model well over a thousand times since the early 1980s to make predictions about specific policies. Like others, he has found it to be more than 90 percent ... More About: Future , The Future , Predict
Obesity & Six Sigma
2007-11-01 18:17:00 Reading stories like this makes you want to go on a diet: [link] On its 300th anniversary, famed Japanese confectioner Akufuku has joined the growing list of food companies caught lying about the contents of their products. A government investigation revealed that for at least 30 years the company had been reusing ingredients from unsold ... More About: Obesity , Sigma , Six Sigma
Add these words to your resume!
2007-11-01 18:10:00 [link] These are the most popular words recruiters have searched for in online resumes in the past week. This list is updated regularly, so be sure to check back often to keep on top of trends. See something on there that describes you perfectly? Make sure to include that exact phrasing in your CV and ... More About: Words , Resume
Six sigma scares!
2007-11-01 18:08:00 [link] Number 9: Being in the improve phase and you still haven?t figured out who the process owner is Number 6: Finding out that Minitab is your only friend Number zero: you know what the root cause is…but nobody wants to fix it. Be sure to subscribe for more great articles! Subscribe in a reader Share ... More About: Sigma , Six Sigma , Ares
My first PC
2007-11-01 06:18:00 A 48 K Speccy: I could only dream of a 128K model: Actually, this oscilloscope looks better: Share This
Viz top 10 tips
2007-10-31 20:42:00 [Link] Climb onto your neighbour’s roof and dangle a fish on a bit of string in front of his windows. He’ll think his house is underwater. Buy a television set exactly like your neighbours. Then annoy them by standing outside their window and changing their channel using your ... More About: Tips
Jump on the Lean Six Sigma Bandwagon
2007-10-31 18:24:00 As Kevin points out over at Evolving Excellence It may just be me, but it appears that the number of companies citing lean manufacturing in their financial reports, news releases, and general news articles has been increasing. Of course many of them really have no idea what lean is really about, or perhaps they only ... More About: Lean , Sigma , Jump , Six Sigma
Latest trends
2007-10-30 18:24:00 Click the link … six-sigma wins … especially in India! Be sure to subscribe for more great articles! Subscribe in a reader Share This More About: Trends
Play these as a reward for improving a process
2007-10-30 18:18:00 [link] I have all of these in my collection. Go on, give your process improvement teams a treat - play them at your next event! Be sure to subscribe for more great articles! Subscribe in a reader Share This More About: Play , Process , Reward , Improv
Tractor Square Dancing
More articles from this author:2007-10-30 18:14:00 Only in the USA! I wonder how much a ring side seat costs? Be sure to subscribe for more great articles! Subscribe in a reader Share This More About: Dancing , Square 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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