An exploration of Lean Six Sigma’s terminology from a historic perspective. What is Lean Six Sigma? Is it a method? A philosophy? And how does the Toyota Production System relate to Lean Six Sigma? Is Kaizen something different than Lean? Misconceptions surrounding Lean Six Sigma are prime examples of Babylonian confusion. Everyone is generally speaking […]
After some two decades of training people in Lean Six Sigma, we have concluded that one issue hinders nearly everyone we train. Regardless of who is in front of the class, or who populates the classroom, getting students to apply a set of newly-acquired skills during their first project is a universal challenge. It is […]
A ‘failure mode and effects analysis’ (FMEA) is a systematic, and most importantly, pro–active method for evaluating a process or product to help you find out where, and how, it might fail. By knowing this before the failure even occurs in the first place you gain insight into the impact these different types of failures […]
Tom Lindsen
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