National Health Service NHS needs Lean Six Sigma
Watching the Andrew Marr show on BBC TV this morning and Sir Robert Naylor a leading figure in the NHS said something that agrees with the principles of Lean Six Sigma …. he said that is not all about throwing more money at the problems … or just focusing on reducing costs … it is …
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Personalised attention and Chaos or Standardization and Stability ?
Chris Alcock ( Master Black Belt ) asks this question : Would you rather me go the extra mile for a patient or follow a good process? https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/09/nurse-spared-jail-after-fatal-blood-transfusion-mix-up I know which sounds better, but which would you actually rather have? Good healthcare by dint of extraordinary effort? Or a process that leads the nurse …
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A good definition of a PULL production system
Good definition of a Pull production system. What Is main Difference between a Push and Pull production system? A pull production system is one that explicitly limits the amount of work in process that can be in the system. […] a push production system is one that has no explicit limit on the amount of work …
Ronald Fisher and Karl Pearson the Grandfathers of Six Sigma !
Why are Ronald Fisher and Karl Pearson not celebrated and discussed more in Six Sigma forums and in Lean Six Sigma training courses the same way as the likes of Shewhart, Deming and Juran ? ( I am already telling my students about them !) Could it be because Fisher and Pearson’s main focus was …
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The truth behind the 7 wastes…not what most people think !
The truth behind the 7 wastes…not what most people think ! In most training courses about the ‘7 wastes’ ( or the 8 wastes … TIM WOOD, DOWNTIME, WORM PIT etc ) it is taught as if there was something magical and all-inclusive about this number 7 ( or 8). This was certainly not the …
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Top 20 Hospitals in USA all have Lean programs…and some have Six Sigma too !
Chris Alcock and I have recently been researching the penetration of Lean or Six Sigma or Lean 6 Sigma in hospitals in the USA. http://health.usnews.com/health-care/best-hospitals/articles/best-hospitals-honor-roll-and-overview The above URL names the top 20 best hospitals in the USA, 2016, according to a detailed study undertaken by the US News magazine. (See also text attachment) So I …
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Does a Black Belt need to know and use CPM and PERT methods for project management ?
Hello, I was just asked by Rene C. from Nice, France, while he was preparing for his Black Belt, if he needed to know the details of how to use Critical Path Method ( CPM ) or Program Evaluation and Review Tequnique ( PERT ) in order to be a Black Belt ? This is …
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Optimization : Making the most of what your customers want
During my years teaching in Lean Six Sigma I have found myself using the word ‘Optimization’ at least once a week during my classes…usually during the part about ‘Designed Experiments’ and ‘Response Surface Methods’ , however I have recently been thinking that the word ‘Optimization’ should be introduced to Students much earlier during the “Fundamentals …
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British Standards Institute : An organization with integrity and leading the way with Quality and Process Improvement training programs
John Dennis, Director of Lean Six Sigma Training Ltd at the offices of the British Standards Institute, (founded 1901). We love there slogan ! … ”BSI…making excellence a habit”
