Is Business Intelligence an Oxymoron?…
CIO Magazine recently published a great blog post called "To [...]
Selecting Statistical Software for Six Sigma…
Dr. Neil Polhemus, CTO at StatPoint Technologies (and publisher of [...]
How the Recession is Changing Priorities…
Yesterday the ASQ (American Society for Quality) issued their Quarterly [...]
Key drivers of Best-in-Class manufacturing…
A recent study by the Aberdeen Group found that Best-in-Class manufacturers substantially out-perform laggards. Duh... Of course Best-in-Class have higher yields, throughput, and profits, and are more likely to deliver product on time. What we wanted to know was why...
Twittering…
Are you on Twitter yet? I signed up a couple [...]
What does it mean to be Data Driven?
I'm now a guest blogger at MyBusinessMusings.com. Late [...]
Data Usability for Continuous Improvement…
I was showing a colleague the Data Cost / Value Matrix and describing the four aspects of data value. I was explaining the fourth aspect of data value: Data Visibility and Transparency when he made a comment that got me thinking: "For my customers, transparency isn't the key issue. The biggest issue is that they are drowning in data they can't use. If you can make the data they already have more usable then you're providing value.... "
Real-time OEE Dashboards focus on cost & reduction
Corporate had mandated that they get this information out to the workforce, and they were manually updating white boards with markers at the end of each shift. It was a time consuming, error-ridden process. Here is a picture we took from inside the plant showing the shop floor data collection station, with the large flat panel display suspended from the ceiling. . . .
The ones that are left…
There is an old story about Dr. W. Edwards Deming from back in the mid 1980s when he was working with the big three auto There There is an old story about Dr. W. Edwards Deming from back in the mid 1980s when he was working with the big three auto companies. I don't know if it is true, but the story goes that someone asked him: "Dr. Deming - fifty years from now, which companies will still be practicing your 14 points?" He was reported to have growled: ...
If you are doing the “Data Shuffle”, do not show this to your boss
As I talk to people in many different businesses, I'm [...]
