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• Six Sigma Explained http://t.co/lTjzUa7Z #sixsigma #quality
• This spreadsheet is a #sixsigma tool. It works. RT @lifehacker Got an important decision to make and too many options? http://t.co/SGwucbPm
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Post of the Century!

• Karen Wilhelm's post: "Social media - can we make it add value to lean?" is a must read for all.
  
  "The social media craze is just that, unless it produces real value, and I doubt value is measured in easy metrics like “followers,” “hits,” or “clicks.”
  
  "From the lean perspective, I’ve been struggling with the marketing orientation of much of the discussion of social media. There’s nothing wrong with marketing, but our purposes in the lean community are different. Social media tools ought to further those aims -- of adding value through connections with people, sharing ideas, teaching, learning, and supporting. Otherwise, they are just tools. And if lean tells us anything, it’s not the tools, it’s the thinking..."Keep reading

Six Sigma Blogs

• ASQ Influential Voices
  [26 Jan 12, 12:50pm] I am joining the ASQ Influential Voices project for 2012. The effort started last year when ASQ chose a few people to participate in a group effort to share their thoughts on various topics in quality improvement. I have been … Continue reading →
• Legislating The Toyota Production System: Making the Application of Lean the Law
  [26 Jan 12, 11:29am] Bypassing any expected change management effort or cultural transformation, nothing gets a group of employees moving than an executive order. That’s exactly what the Governor of the State of Washington did – has executed an executive order for go…
• Root Cause Analysis Through Deception
  [25 Jan 12, 11:39am] Have you ever pressed the closed button in an elevator? Or, have you played with an office thermostat because you were either too hot or too cold? Or, did you press the “walk” button on the crosswalk this morning? Did it work? If so, you’ve bee…
• Project Risk Management using Probabilistic Decision Analysis, with Apple's iPad as an example
  [24 Jan 12, 6:48pm] Dr. Jose A. Briones of SpyroTek Performance Solutions recently gave a Palisade webcast presentation, using the success of Apple’s iPad as a working example, in "Use of @RISK for Quantifying Uncertainty in Innovation Project Management."…
• How a Warehouse Can Reduce Costs and Increase Service Level
  [24 Jan 12, 11:57am] In Lean, inventory is often viewed in a negative light. Indeed, inventory is one of the 7 deadly wastes. Is the traditional position of Lean justified in thinking so negatively against inventory and the warehousing that goes along with it? Free Sigma…

Lean Blogs

• “The speed and flexibility is breathtaking” – But in a good way?
  [27 Jan 12, 10:00am] There has been a lot of buzz over last Sunday’s New York Times article “How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work.” It’s good to see issues of manufacturing competitiveness talked about in the media and among my Facebook friends who usually aren�…
• Lean Quote: The Gift of A Good Book
  [27 Jan 12, 5:00am] On Fridays I will post a Lean related Quote. Throughout our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom. These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within…
• Do you co-create value with your Customer?
  [27 Jan 12, 3:40am] My podcast guest next week is Arne van Oosterom, Partner at DesignThinkers in Amsterdam. He is a Designer in Residence at the Oslo School for Architecture and Design & Norwegian Center for Service Innovation, Founder of the Design Thinkers Networ…
• Your Thoughts on Recent Articles about Apple, Foxconn, and China?
  [26 Jan 12, 3:49pm] This week, I’ve been reading and listening to a lot of articles about working conditions at the Foxconn facilities in China. These stories are primarily focused on Apple, but nearly any computer, gadget, or mobile device is made there, ranging from…
• ASQ Influential Voices
  [26 Jan 12, 12:50pm] I am joining the ASQ Influential Voices project for 2012. The effort started last year when ASQ chose a few people to participate in a group effort to share their thoughts on various topics in quality improvement. I have been … Continue reading →

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• Lean Six Sigma and Balanced Scorecard Certification Courses
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• Ciske's Blog | Should Business Operations Adopt Agile?
  [25 Aug 10, 2:46am] Agile, in terms of application development or, for that matter, any IT based projects is the ‘new normal’. If you’re in IT and have not moved to this methodology I would strongly encourage you take the plunge. Agile, in itself, is a game cha…
• Bellwether Services shares Six Sigma w/ Financial Sector
  [23 Aug 10, 12:28pm] John Wilkerson presents Six Sigma and Operational Excellence with Financial Services sector. Industries such as building products, industrials, automotive and transportation have employed the Lean Six Sigma methodology to reduce costs and improve ser…
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• Why GE’s Six Sigma Success Story Is Still Relevant
  [4 Apr 11, 5:49am] The Six Sigma business management strategy developed by Motorola in 1986 has come to be synonymous with quality and success. After over 20 years, why do
• Find Jobs - Quality Engineer Jobs in Fort Wayne, Indiana - Aegis Worldwide
  [3 Apr 11, 6:13am] Quality Engineer - Find Engineering Jobs, Automotive Jobs at Aegis Worldwide in Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Account Coordination Specialist - MS Job Job | JobCrank.com
  [1 Apr 11, 5:43am] Employer: GE Healthcare; Location: USA; Job Number: 1315099 Business: GE Healthcare Business Segment: Healthcare About Us:Healthcare Re-ImaginedGE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies that are shaping a new age of patient care. G…
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  [28 Mar 11, 6:47am] Employer: GE Healthcare; Location: USA; Job Number: 1324997 Business: GE Healthcare Business Segment: Healthcare About Us:GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies that are shaping a new age of patient care. GE Healthcare's ex…

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• Building a Career Back-up Plan: Employment Trend for 2012 - International Business Times (blog)
  [27 Jan 12, 5:53am] Building a Career Back-up Plan: Employment Trend for 2012International Business Times (blog)Aveta's Six Sigma offers the best self-paced online certifications in Six Sigma Yellow Belt, Green Belt, Black Belt, Lean Six Sigma and DFSS. Six Sigma t…
• Texas city uncovers inefficiencies and saves money with Lean Six Sigma - GovPro Media
  [26 Jan 12, 11:41pm] Texas city uncovers inefficiencies and saves money with Lean Six SigmaGovPro MediaListen to Tommy Gonzalez, city manager of Irving, Texas, discuss how his city has saved more than $30 million by using Lean Six Sigma. The city implemented Lean Six Sig…
• Research and Markets: Six Sigma Quality Improvement with Minitab - SYS-CON Media (press release)
  [24 Jan 12, 5:30pm] Research and Markets: Six Sigma Quality Improvement with MinitabSYS-CON Media (press release)This book aims to enable readers to understand and implement, via the widely used statistical software package Minitab (Release 16), statistical methods fund…

Lean News

• AMETEK Corporation's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript - Seeking Alpha
  [26 Jan 12, 6:08pm] AMETEK Corporation's CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call TranscriptSeeking AlphaOperational excellence has many facets within AMETEK, including lean manufacturing, Six Sigma in our factories and back office operations, designed for Six…
• A Leaner Way Of Life - Manufacturing.net
  [25 Jan 12, 6:14pm] Manufacturing.netA Leaner Way Of LifeManufacturing.net“Don't look at Lean manufacturing as a destination,” he adds. “Don't look at it as a checklist, look at it as a philosophy that you're going to employ and then make sure it�…
• Electronic Manufacturing Engineer - ElectronicsWeekly.com
  [25 Jan 12, 11:38am] Electronic Manufacturing EngineerElectronicsWeekly.comTherefore, as the Electronics Manufacturing Engineer you should have an HNC / HND in Electronics / Electrical Engineering, with knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, LabView and an understan…

Process Improvement News

• Adventist Health Care at Home recognized for excellence - Suburban Life Publications
  [27 Jan 12, 11:07pm] Adventist Health Care at Home recognized for excellenceSuburban Life Publications“It also validates our continuous process improvement.” Adventist Health Care at Home was named to the 2011 HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the top-performing home…
• HR's effect on process improvement - Guidon Performance Solutions
  [27 Jan 12, 10:41am] HR's effect on process improvementGuidon Performance SolutionsBy Guidon Performance Solutions Human resources can have a surprisingly significant effect on a company's process improvement efforts, the Harvard Business Review reports. As the…
• Four Recognized Experts Selected to Keynote SEPG North America 2012 - MarketWatch (press release)
  [26 Jan 12, 2:04pm] Four Recognized Experts Selected to Keynote SEPG North America 2012MarketWatch (press release)"At SEPG North America 2012, we offer our attendees a rich and varied perspective on the role of software and systems process improvement in achieving…

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• "Six Sigma is a business management strategy originally developed by Motorola, USA in 1981.
  
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• "Lean manufacturing or lean production, which is often known simply as "Lean", is a production practice that considers the expenditure of resources for any goal other than the creation of value for the end customer to be wasteful, and thus a target for elimination..."

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• "William Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900 – December 20, 1993) was an American statistician, professor, author, lecturer, and consultant.
  
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• Customer Value Canvas podcast with Dr. Alex Osterwalder
  [23 Jan 12, 12:21pm] Need a collection of tools to help generate business model ideas! The Business Model Canvas is an analytical tool outlined in the book Business Model Generation. It is a visual template preformatted with the nine blocks of a business model, which all…
• Partnering with IT and Sustaining Engagement
  [20 Jan 12, 5:00am] Where does IT fit into your process improvement program? And how do you make process improvement a part of the culture? In this Process Perspectives podcast,  Debi Rednik, Process Excellence Leader, and Steve Waldner, Process Excellence Advisor,…
• Firefight No More: Assessing Process Maturity Levels
  [18 Jan 12, 5:00am] When you’re lurching from crisis to crisis it can be difficult to take a step back and figure out how to move beyond heroics and firefighting to something more sustainable. That’s where knowing your process maturity levels can help…or so says…
• Service Design Thinking Podcast with Marc Stickdorn
  [17 Jan 12, 4:17am] Service Design changes the way you think about business.  No longer can companies focus their efforts on process improvements. Instead, they must engage the customer in use of their product/service rather than analyzing tasks for improvement. We no…

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