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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

• Before Checking Email, Go To The Gemba
  [30 Jul 10, 10:09am] At work, before you do anything else, go see your customer (internal or external), go see your team or staff – see how they are doing, go see and spend time where the work is done.Guess who benefits the most when you do this? That’s right, you.…
• JMP for Not Quite Dummies
  [29 Jul 10, 1:00pm] I’ve always found the title of the book series "for Dummies" somewhat insulting. However, during many of the webcasts JMP offers, we get asked the question, “Is there a JMP for Dummies book?” Two SAS authors, Curt Hinrichs and Chuck B…
• Tackling the energy crisis by managing demand, using risk modeling software
  [29 Jul 10, 12:11pm] One of the side-effects of the recession appeared to be a reduction in the demand for electricity as businesses and consumers alike looked to make savings on their outgoings. However, economic recovery seems to render this trend as temporary, meaning…
• Take The Stairs
  [29 Jul 10, 11:23am] As Lean Thinkers, we know that small changes can make a big difference. In other words, with pun intended, small steps make a big difference. So, today, when you go to work, take the stairs.Here are the big benefits from a small thing, such as takin…
• Lean Thinking and Restaurant Operations
  [28 Jul 10, 11:18am] In an old Mckinsey and Company article I found recently, there was a small snippet case study that caught my eye. They share an experience of a Restaurant chain, or maybe a fast food chain, that applied the principles of Lean Thinking with amazing re…

Lean Blogs

• If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts!
  [30 Jul 10, 12:31pm] If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts! – Albert Einstein I think many of us put blinders on when we get a good idea and forget that well let me throw another quote out to you: We don’t see things as they are, We see them as we are…
• Valid or reliable – in the board room
  [30 Jul 10, 10:05am] In my last post on the theme of looking at metrics as either valid or reliable and the balance between them, I wanted to examine the impact on decisions in the board room. So far we have covered the following: Valid or reliable – take your pickVal…
• Lean Healthcare at Denver Health is Front-Page News
  [30 Jul 10, 9:00am] It’s nice to see examples of Lean Healthcare success in the news, this time on the front page of the Denver Post — “Denver Health saves millions using Toyota efficiency principles.” As the city health system, they are both an example of Lean…
• Catching Up On The News
  [30 Jul 10, 4:27am] by BILL WADDELL In a couple of news items of note ... Amazing But True A guy by the name of Chuck Fellows is a candidate for the Michigan state senate. Among the issues that have Michigan voters agitated this year is some controversy over giving tax…
• Lean Quote: The Impossible is Untried
  [30 Jul 10, 1:00am] 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…

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• Target Your Process Improvements to Increase Revenue and Market Share
• CIGNA's Quality System Evolution: Ready for the Next Step
• How eflexgroup.com Sped Up Its Claims Process Using Lean Six Sigma
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• How to Maximize Business Process Reengineering: People, Process, and Tools
• Lean Six Sigma: You're So Money! Making Cash Flow from Process Improvements
• Electronic Medical Records can’t cut it alone; Healthcare organizations turn to Process Excellence to fill efficiency gap
• Improving Patient Safety with Six Sigma: An Interview with Dr. Denise Remus, Chief Quality Officer of BayCare Health System

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• Discussion of Agile, Kanban, Scrum with Landes
  [29 Jul 10, 3:16am] Implementing Value Stream Marketing Systems through the use of Lean and Six Sigma Marketing practices such as Kanban, Kaizen, Scrum, and Agile. We help others Achieve Expert Status
• Velocity Consulting shares Six Sigma Guidance in Green Book
  [27 Jul 10, 11:08am] Phil Skinner, SSMBB shares six sigma expertise in Environmental, Carbon Footprint and Green Supply Chain Book. "Greening the Federal Supply Chain" text is scheduled for release by August 2010.
• R. Michael Donovan Home
  [23 Jul 10, 2:14am] Lean Manufacturing Consultants R. Michael Donovan & Co. provides proven results in the areas of Lean Supply Chain Management, Targeted Lean Six Sigma and Lean Product Development.
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Six Sigma News

• Lean Six Sigma success secrets - African Business Review
  [30 Jul 10, 2:13pm] Lean Six Sigma success secretsAfrican Business ReviewSo read on as we present his top secrets to winning with Six Sigma… The first step involves a Readiness Audit to ascertain the current culture of the ...
• Standard Register Reports Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results - MarketWatch (press release)
  [30 Jul 10, 12:06pm] Standard Register Reports Second Quarter 2010 Financial ResultsMarketWatch (press release)Employing nearly a century of industry expertise, Lean Six Sigma methodologies and other leading technologies, the Company helps organizations increase ...and m…
• Target Your Process Improvements to Increase Revenue and Market Share - Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ (blog)
  [30 Jul 10, 7:31am] Target Your Process Improvements to Increase Revenue and Market ShareSix Sigma & Process Excellence IQ (blog)One of the more significant findings from the Global Business Process Excellence survey, conducted by Six Sigma & Process Excellence…

Lean News

• Composite Mouldings Ltd turning waste into boats - Seawork International
  [30 Jul 10, 10:45am] Composite Mouldings Ltd turning waste into boatsSeawork International... improve this through lean manufacturing processes - storing any surplus materials and reintroducing them to the production processes of other projects. ...
• Paul Akers – a different way of thinking - Edmonds Beacon
  [29 Jul 10, 6:29pm] Edmonds BeaconPaul Akers – a different way of thinkingEdmonds BeaconLean manufacturing or lean production is often simply referred to as "Lean." It is a production practice that considers it wasteful to expend resources for ...and more �…
• Lean Manufacturing Manager / Continuous Improvement - news.careerstructure.com
  [29 Jul 10, 5:29pm] Lean Manufacturing Manager / Continuous Improvementnews.careerstructure.comAre you passionate about implementing lean manufacturing methodologies within a changing manufacturing company? If you are then this is the position for you ...

Process Improvement News

• Internal USCIS Memo Cuts Congress Out of Amnesty Plan - The New American
  [30 Jul 10, 1:52pm] Internal USCIS Memo Cuts Congress Out of Amnesty PlanThe New American... a bureaucrat combines his extraordinary discretion on the invocation of “deferred action” with the milky vagueness of “significant process improvement” ...and more »
• Blue Cross Takes Two Towers at RenCen - GlobeSt.com
  [30 Jul 10, 10:04am] Blue Cross Takes Two Towers at RenCenGlobeSt.com... including master planning, project feasibility, project management, lease management, workplace strategy process improvement and risk management. ...and more »
• Target Your Process Improvements to Increase Revenue and Market Share - Six Sigma & Process Excellence IQ (blog)
  [30 Jul 10, 7:31am] Target Your Process Improvements to Increase Revenue and Market ShareSix Sigma & Process Excellence IQ (blog)This modification of the DMAIC methodology will bring the Voice of the Market into the identification of process improvement priorities w…

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Six Sigma

• "Six Sigma is a business management strategy originally developed by Motorola, USA in 1981.
  
  "As of 2010, it enjoys widespread application in many sectors of industry, although its application is not without controversy..."

Lean

• "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..."

W. Edwards Deming

• "William Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900 – December 20, 1993) was an American statistician, professor, author, lecturer, and consultant.
  
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Podcasts

• A Conversation with the World’s First Lean Dentist
  [27 Jul 10, 4:00am] Lean manufacturing, Lean healthcare … Lean dentistry?   With Dr. Sami Bahri being declared the “world’s first Lean dentist” at the 19 th Annual Shingo Prize Conference, Lean dentistry is no longer a stretch of the imagination.    In this P…
• Implementing the TOC Supply Chain Solution
  [26 Jul 10, 6:51pm] The Business901 podcast featured Amir Schragenheim, President of Inherent Simplicity, a software firm specializing in TOC software for Production & Distribution environments. Inherent Simplicity is the exclusive software supplier for Production &…
• Scrum + Kanban = Agile Discussion with Landes
  [20 Jul 10, 10:48am] On the Business901 Podcast I had the pleasure this week interviewing Eric Landes. Eric is an Agile Project Manager who has been using Kanban for software development since 2007. He has worked with Scrum, XP and other agile methods for over the past 5…
• The Story Behind the Surge in Lean Implementation in US Businesses
  [20 Jul 10, 4:00am] Amongst U.S. businesses — and even beyond — Lean has arguably become the process improvement approach du jour. So why the sudden reawakening for the Lean philosophy? In this Profit through Process podcast, Genna Weiss of Six Sigma & Process E…

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