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Take to the Skies With Piper Aircraft: A Factory Tour
When Mr. Piper introduced the Piper Cub in 1937, he had a dream. He felt that everyone should fly. And he believed that Piper could provide everyone … [More]
Corvette is Building American Muscle: A Factory Tour
Corvette! You hear that word and it gets your blood pumping. Since its inception, the "Vette" has been the icon of American muscle cars. Power, luxury … [More]
Developing the Jaguar V12: A Step Back in Time
When you think of Jaguar, you think of power! From their iconic racing machines, to their sports cars and luxury vehicles, Jaguar has a reputation for … [More]
Lean Manufacturing
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[VIDEO] Heijunka Brings Customer Demand In Line
Heijunka is the Japanese term for leveling. It is a technique for reducing unevenness (Mura) which in turn reduces waste (Muda). It is crucial to the … [More]
Heijunka Leveling Production Over Time
After value streams have been solidified and embedded, Heijunka is a crucial process implementation in every successful lean organization. Heijunka … [More]
5 Important Considerations for Implementing Six Sigma Within Supply Chain Management
Not everyone understands what Six Sigma really is. Essentially it is a project that is data driven and designed to improve any processes within your … [More]
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[TED Talk] The Next Manufacturing Revolution
The US has been facing a loss of its manufacturing edge over the past few decades to other global manufacturers. The fact is that automation and … [More]
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Red Bead Experiment: Part 6
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Voice of the Customer Example and Explanation
The “Voice of the Customer” is a process used to capture the requirements or feedback from the customer (internal or external) to provide them with a … [More]
The DMAIC Framework
Six Sigma is a business improvement methodology that was developed at Motorola to systematically reduce or eliminate defects and reduce variation. … [More]
Purpose of CTQ Metric and How to Create a Critical to Quality Tree
The purpose of Critical To Quality trees is to convert customer needs or wants to measurable requirements for the business to implement. This approach … [More]
Project Selection Matrix
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Check Sheets
A Check Sheet is one of the Seven (7) Basic Quality Tools. A Check Sheet is a simple tool for data collection. In this post, I'll show how to create … [More]
Six Sigma
5 Important Considerations for Implementing Six Sigma Within Supply Chain Management
Not everyone understands what Six Sigma really is. Essentially it is a project that is data driven and designed to improve any processes within your … [More]
5 Important Considerations for Your Six Sigma Project
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Advances With Lean Six Sigma and Healthcare
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[VIDEO] Heijunka Brings Customer Demand In Line
Heijunka is the Japanese term for leveling. It is a technique for reducing unevenness (Mura) which in turn reduces waste (Muda). It is crucial to the … [More]
Heijunka Leveling Production Over Time
After value streams have been solidified and embedded, Heijunka is a crucial process implementation in every successful lean organization. Heijunka … [More]
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[VIDEO] Improving Flow With Bottleneck Analysis
One of the most serious causes of workflow process breakdowns is bottlenecks. When efficiency is crucial to an workflow process, a bottleneck can … [More]
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Six Sigma
5 Important Considerations for Implementing Six Sigma Within Supply Chain Management
Not everyone understands what Six Sigma really is. Essentially it is a project that is data driven and designed to improve any processes within your … [More]
5 Important Considerations for Your Six Sigma Project
Integrating Six Sigma into your workflow is something that can have a huge positive impact on your operations, and there is a lot of information out … [More]
Green and Sustainability
The Lean Manufacturing Battle of Tesla
Tesla continues to fight an internal battle to achieve the most efficient Lean manufacturing environment in the world. Elon Musk has brought an … [More]
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[VIDEO] Lean Manufacturing and Tesla
Elon Musk has taken Tesla on a path of innovation and success. With that success, they have also experienced setbacks and frustration for both the … [More]
Lean Leadership
[VIDEO] Heijunka Brings Customer Demand In Line
Heijunka is the Japanese term for leveling. It is a technique for reducing unevenness (Mura) which in turn reduces waste (Muda). It is crucial to the … [More]
Heijunka Leveling Production Over Time
After value streams have been solidified and embedded, Heijunka is a crucial process implementation in every successful lean organization. Heijunka … [More]
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