Blogs

After resurfacing our swimming pool there was, in a relative short time period, an undesirable increase in the level of cyanuric acid. read more

Consider the following: Why Lean Six Sigma process improvement efforts often stall out in an organization? What could be done differently to make Lean Six Sigma process improvement efforts more sustainable? Why do Lean Six Sigma projects often take so long to complete, if ever? Why is it that during-training projects are often not completed or [. read more

To answer the question what are some creative ways to get surgeons to start surgeries in the operating room on time consider the following approach. read more

Often there is difficulty in reporting numbers. Using a spreadsheet for scorecarding or creating a dashboard is very popular, but is it a good decision? It was reported that research studies have shown problems with spreadsheet-reporting such as Excel. read more

My most recent regular blog on Quality Magazine’s home page is titled Project Selection from a list of business-aligned improvement opportunities. read more

John Daly has presented at Smarter Solutions’ Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt training on Advocacy since our MBB training began at the turn of the century. read more

A process is said to be stable if it produces predictable and consistent output at all times. A process is said to be in-control if it does not have any unnecessary special causes in it. read more

Goal/QPC this week published a paper I wrote, Integrated Enteprise Excellence Whitepaper  .  The Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) is in a position to become the next thing for business following Six Sigma, Lean, Lean Six Sigma the Balanced Scorecard, Hoshin planning, Total Quality Management (TQM), re-engineering, etc. read more

Transformation is a word regularly used to describe the extent of change needed – we make large investments in what we call transformation; but, we often struggle with what we call “big T” or “little t” transformation, and how fast we are going to try to transform the company. read more

QUESTION: How to define, measure, evaluate and improve value creation and how to connect that to balanced scorecard? I’m not referring to financial view, I’m referring to everyday activities, where sales is at the end. read more