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Eldon Kao
Continuous Improvement Blog
So I stumbled on this show which premiered 12/30/15 on Discovery GO. Extreme Time Cheaters is a reality TV show about people who go to extreme and unusual lengths to save time in their days thereby optimizing their time and in a roundabout way also cheating death.
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Lean Six Sigma is indeed a powerful tool to achieve process improvement when utilized correctly. However, as more and more industries are seeking to reap the benefits of Lean Six Sigma, it's equally important to take pause and recognize when Lean Six Sigma may not be the way to go. A good Lean Six Sigma project may yield improved quality, reduced variations, and significant financial savings but a bad Lean Six Sigma project may result in wasted time and resources. Here are a few attributes that influence a proposed project's eligibility for the full Lean Six Sigma treatment (DMAIC process):
Read MoreWhat is it?
The A3 Report is a structured problem solving approach and one-page communication that summarizes a problem solving project from start to finish. The name is derived from the size of paper the report is presented on: A3 or 11'x17' Tabloid).
What is it?
Simply put, Kanban is a visual management tool originating from Toyota in the 1940's that was developed to improve production throughput by aligning resources with demand. In it's most basic form a Kanban board tracks items using three columns: To do, In progress and Completed as depicted in the example above. The simple nature and ease of interpretation of the Kanban tool allows it to be used in a variety of settings to organize and track countless tasks. Of course, both the Kanban cards and board can be customized to add more processing steps and details as required.
The following are two examples of Kanban being used at work and at home:
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