More on the data shuffle…
If you haven't been following it, the discussion about the [...]
The Elkhart Project…
It doesn't take a lot to imagine what an 18%+ unemployment rate does to ancillary businesses. These days you probably don't need to make a reservation at a restaurant, and my friends in plumbing and construction businesses are - well - hurting. As I've read all this coverage about our neighboring city I want to say "Yes, but..."
Posting 14% profit increase in a down economy…
With all the economic doom and gloom in the main [...]
The true cost of regrind…
Over the years I've had many conversations with people who [...]
Selecting Statistical Software for Six Sigma…
Dr. Neil Polhemus, CTO at StatPoint Technologies (and publisher of [...]
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. . . .
Inside Crown Audio’s Lean & Quality Journey
Recently Larry Coburn, the Sr. VP of Operations at Crown [...]
Using SPC software to close the loop and reduce material costs… part 2
In my last post I described an interesting conversation with [...]
Using SPC software to close the loop and reduce material costs… part 1
"As we talked it became clear that material costs were going through the roof, and the company needed to find ways to control and reduce those costs. .. Eventually we went back to the QM's office and her computer where we spent about 10 minutes digging into the data that they were already collecting. We used GainSeeker's Analysis Wizard to find underlying causes. What I found surprised all three of us. . . . "
Creative ROI vrs. the best lean six sigma book…
Recently a colleague forwarded this email from a friend of [...]
