Who put the “Six” in Six Sigma? Who’s the man behind the first Malcolm Baldrige Award and how did he get so good at betting on race horses? Mr. Smith is credited with coining the term “Six Sigma” and developing the signature process improvement method while serving as Vice President…
GoLeanSixSigma.com ranks 276 out of 500 in a Financial Times report: In the Americas’ Fastest-Growing Companies. Lean Six Sigma has played an important role in times of growth and regression. Even through social and economic hurdles, GoLeanSixSigma.com has proven to be a key player in process improvement for every industry…
Do you have a hidden factory? Do you know employees who always have time to do it over but never time to get it right? Did you know organizations waste up to 40% of their capacity this way? Well, raise a glass to the quality guru who championed the capture…
He was a cigar-chomping, salty-tongued educator who wrote a manufacturing love story. Eli Goldratt left us way too soon but will always be appreciated as the man who constantly provoked people to truly think. Born in Israel, Mr. Goldratt was a physicist, a scientist, a doctor of philosophy and finally…
Dr. Deming was amazing, but who was his teacher? Who produced the PDCA Cycle? Who conceived of Statistical Process Control? The modest man behind the scenes, another fascinating product of the Hawthorne Works, was none other than Walter Shewhart. Born in Illinois, Mr. Shewhart was a physicist, engineer and a…
Pulling together a Process Improvement team can be a challenge, but if you connect with the right people then the odds of success go up—a lot. Do you have a Sponsor to back you? Which Subject Matter Experts do you think you'll need? What about a Finance Partner to verify…
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