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Fixing a Grading Process in Military Graduate Education
A Lean Six Sigma Black Belt project at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College's (CGSC) Department of Distance Education used DMAIC and a full factorial Design of Experiments (DOE) to fix a chronic grading problem in the H400 military history essay course. The...
Continuous Improvement Consulting and Training
Continuous improvement consulting and training solve two different problems, and most organizations need both at different points in their improvement journey. Training builds capability: it teaches employees and leaders the tools, language, and certification...
Executive Lean Six Sigma Workshops: What Leaders Need to Know
Executive Lean Six Sigma workshops are short, leadership-focused training programs for C-level executives, VPs, and directors who will sponsor and champion improvement initiatives rather than run projects themselves. Unlike Green Belt or Black Belt certification,...
Lean Culture Transformation Program: How to Build One That Sticks
A lean culture transformation program is a structured, multi-year effort to shift how an organization thinks and behaves around continuous improvement — not just a rollout of lean tools. Tool deployment (5S, value stream mapping, kaizen events) is the easy 20%;...
Design Review: Types, Process, and DFSS Tollgate Connection
A design review is a scheduled, structured evaluation of a design by knowledgeable reviewers, at a defined point in development, meant to confirm the design actually meets requirements before more time and money get invested in it. It matters because catching a design...
Lean Six Sigma Group Discounts: 2026 Pricing & Savings Guide
Lean Six Sigma group discounts typically start at 5 employees and scale in tiers most providers cut per-seat pricing by 10 to 20 percent at 5 to 9 seats, 20 to 35 percent at 10 to 24 seats, and offer custom enterprise quotes at 25 or more seats or full onsite...
Meet The Author
Kevin Clay, MBB
Kevin is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and President of Six Sigma Development Solutions, Inc. Moreover, Kevin has spent over 25 years in the trenches of process improvement and Six Sigma implementation. He’s seen everything from amazing successes to total disasters. As a Master Black Belt and executive consultant, he’s helped companies across all industries transform how they work.
What makes Kevin different isn’t his impressive resume. It’s his core belief that our biggest failures teach us the most valuable lessons. Through authentic conversations and real stories, he creates a space where professionals can learn from others’ mistakes without having to make them all themselves.
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