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By Jon Miller | Post Date: February 4, 2008 11:41 PM | Comments: 13 A reader pointed out that the takt time for posting the 101 kaizen template has exceeded. It is true that we have not been hitting a consistent 1 template per 3.5 days. To meet our goal for 101 of these by the end of 2008 we will need to recalculate our takt time. Conveniently, we have a takt time calculator as a template for this.
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You are running a project as the project manager. Or you are supervising project managers as a project sponsor or program manager. Or you are a customer of companies running projects for you.Randy Woods February 25, 2011 By combining the beta distribution, or three-point estimation technique, with basic statistics, Belts can get a better estimate of the time required to complete projects. These are tough questions that require the discipline and quantitative rigor that is expected of Six Sigma practitioners. Fortunately, there is a powerful tool in the Six Sigma toolbox to help provide answers. It’s called the beta distribution (also known as three-point estimation ), a continuous probability distribution defined on the interval 0 and 1.
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Toyota Way Articles | Karn G. Bulsuk: Full Speed Ahead
This blog contains a whole series of articles on the Toyota Way, customised for use in a service industry setting. It includes PDCA, Horenso, 5-why and visuals.
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The Kano analysis model was developed to identify and contrast essential customer requirements from incremental requirements, and initiate critical thinking. By Scott Sehlhorst. Noriaki Kano developed the Kano analysis model in the late 1980s to identify and contrast essential customer requirements from incremental requirements. One of his goals was to initiate critical thinking about the nature of requirements. His characterization approach can be used to drive prioritization of software requirements. Kano analysis allows us to prioritize requirements as a function of customer satisfaction.Was ist ...: Six Sigma? - Harvard Business Manager
Um "Six Sigma" ist eine regelrechte Industrie entstanden, die zahlreiche Seminare, Bücher, Internetforen und Kongresse bietet (und rund vier Millionen Treffer in Google erzeugt). Wie lässt sich dieser Erfolg erklären? Der simplen Definition nach ist Sigma etwas ganz Einfaches, es entspricht der Standardabweichung einer Gaußschen Normalverteilung. Aus der Anzahl der Fehler in einem Prozess lässt sich mit Hilfe von Tabellen oder Statistikprogrammen das Sigma-Niveau ermitteln. Bei drei Sigma treten bei einer Million Fehlermöglichkeiten (nicht Produkten!)
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Lean manufacturing concepts explained
Lean manufacturing concepts were developed over the last five to six decades, primarily in Japan, particularly for the Toyota production system. These concepts met various tests for many many years and passed the test of time very easily. Lean manufacturing revolutionaries the manufacturing process. It was not a fine tuning of the existing manufacturing processes. These manufacturing techniques are conceptually different from the traditional process. For an example, traditional manufacturing works based on inventory.
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