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What is Lean Six Sigma?
(I’ve been asked to provide a down and dirty explanation of what Lean Six Sigma is; so hope this helps. If you have any suggestions, feel free to let me know, thanks!)
Logical Thing To Do
When I was in college, I took a philosophy class, a requirement that was boring.
One topic of discussion was “logic”.
The professor stood up in front of the class and said, “A cat has four legs and a tail. A dog has four legs and a tail, therefore a cat is a dog.”
Afterwards, he said nothing else.
Silence. Crickets. Chirp. Chirp.
Boots on the Ground
Courtesy of chicagonow.com |
The Fat Wallet
Courtesy of cetmacargo.com |
I would never expect him to part with
it. There's way too much history in it.
So, companies attempting to introduce
change to people with set ways, it's difficult to find methods to convince
those like my old friend to abandon his old wallet for a new, different albeit
lean and efficient system.
Lean Sigma and Transportation
The following is from Alan Kandel, writer and retired engineer who now focuses his attention to air quality in California and the impact transportation contributes to it. Though short, his ideas provide insight for further studies and research.
Story About Process
My past posts covered subjects like the Hidden Factory, Standard Operating Procedures and the "what, hows and the whys." Most recently, I read a book by Clayton Christensen, who introduced the concept of Jobs To Be Done or JBTB. If you have time, pick it up; I highly recommend it. It's titled Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice.
In one YouTube video where he spoke in front of an audience in Oxford, the person who introduced him indicated that his book was one of the top six management books of all time. After reading it I couldn't agree more.
In one YouTube video where he spoke in front of an audience in Oxford, the person who introduced him indicated that his book was one of the top six management books of all time. After reading it I couldn't agree more.
Poka Yoke or Mistake Proofing
I've had conversations about the term “mistake proofing,” a
Lean Six Sigma term taken from Toyota's Production Systems “poka yoke,” which
means to set up a work environment where mistakes are virtually
impossible. The definition: Mistake
proofing, or its Japanese equivalent poka-yoke (pronounced PO-ka yo-KAY), is
the use of any automatic device or method that either makes it impossible for
an error to occur or makes the error immediately obvious once it has occurred.
(Source: http://asq.org/learn-about-quality/process-analysis-tools/overview/mistake-proofing.html American Society for Quality or ASQ) Metaphorically speaking, the idea is if you poke an egg yoke while frying, it would prevent the mistake of it being under cooked, though some of us like it that way.
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