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Our Executives are Too Busy for an “Executive Training”

Our Executives are Too Busy for an “Executive Training” “Our executives are too busy for an “Executive Training” … They support the effort, so do we really need the training?”I can’t tell you how many times I have heard this when discussing a...

How Traffic and Process Capability (Ppk) Relate?

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How Traffic and Process Capability (Ppk) Relate? As a teacher and a mentor, i am constantly looking for new ways to make complex subjects less complex using games, simulations stories, analogies., etc. My colleagues and I have found that the topic of Process...

Are there Free Excel Alternatives to Minitab?

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Are there Free Excel Alternatives to Minitab for my Lean Six Sigma Green / Black Belt Project? We get asked this question a lot. Many companies or individuals do not want to incur the expense for Minitab or other costly statistical analysis tools. Another reason this...

Why I Couldn’t use “Apple Pay” to Buy an Apple Pie

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I Didn’t Know Why I Couldn’t use “Apple Pay” to Buy an Apple Pie The pictures above and below were taken in Puerto Vallarta Mexico where my family and I live. Every Thursday night there is a market along the marina. It an amazing sight where...

The Movie “The Founder” is the best example of LEAN 3P

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The Movie “The Founder” is the best example of LEAN 3P I was on an American Airlines flight heading to Washington DC to work with a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course to company called CoStar. The following week I was to be engaged in a LEAN 3P event with a missile...

Using the Standard Deviation as a Measure of Dispersion

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Using “Standard Deviation” as a Measure of Data Spread or Dispersion A measure of dispersion tells you the spread of the data. This is important to know the spread of your data when describing your data set. Most describe a set of data by using only the...