Monthly Archives: September 2005

Business Improvement with Six Sigma

Posted on September 29, 2005 by John Hunter

Business Improvement with Six Sigma by Dr Anirban Basu (Express Computer, India IT weekly): The organisation, a CMMI-level 5 company found that although the SLA (Service Level Agreement) with its US client specified that the support time for most critical … Continue reading →

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Spreading the Lean Gospel

Posted on September 29, 2005 by John Hunter

Spreading the Lean Gospel by Rebecca Reid: Bested said lean manufacturing at the Air Fuel Modules Division was a two-fold philosophy. The first aspect was to resolve current manufacturing inefficiencies and to implement lean principles for all new programs coming … Continue reading →

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The Lion of Lean

Posted on September 25, 2005 by John Hunter

Great article – The Lion of Lean: An Interview with James Womack [broken link was removed] by Francis J. Quinn, Supply Chain Management Review: Let’s just take one example in the purchasing area. People say, “Yes, we’re going to have … Continue reading →

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How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers

Posted on September 25, 2005 by John Hunter

Topic: Management Improvement How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers, Sarah Jane Johnston interview of Steven Spear. It is our conclusion that Toyota has developed a set of principles, Rules-in-Use we’ve called them, that allow organizations to engage in this … Continue reading →

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SPC: History and Understanding

Posted on September 23, 2005 by John Hunter

SPC: From Chaos To Wiping the Floor [broken link removed 🙁 it will be nice when sites start to realize breaking links is not acceptable] by Lynne Hare (who also was the 1997 Hunter Award winner) Shewhart based control chart … Continue reading →

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Operational Definitions and Data Collection

Posted on September 22, 2005 by John Hunter

Americans’ Dirty Secret Revealed by Bjorn Carey See also: Google News on washing hands [broken link was remove] – Soap and Detergent Association press release [another broken link was remove] A study released recently spawned a flurry of articles on … Continue reading →

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Googlebombing

Posted on September 22, 2005 by John Hunter

The Google blog has a new post on: Googlebombing ‘failure’ Basically they explain that Google is not making a judgment that the result top results for “failure” represent Google’s opinion of who is a failure. The top result is the … Continue reading →

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Everybody Wants It, Toyota’s Got It

Posted on September 21, 2005 by John Hunter

Everybody Wants It, Toyota’s Got It [oops, pointy haired boss broke link, so I removed it] by Grant Robertson, Globe and Mail (Canada): Despite riding atop the North American auto sector for the past decade, the company’s manufacturing methods are … Continue reading →

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25 New MacArthur Fellows

Posted on September 21, 2005 by John Hunter

25 New MacArthur Fellows Announced press release overview of fellows The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation today named 25 new MacArthur Fellows for 2005. Each received a phone call from the Foundation this week informing them that they … Continue reading →

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Solectron IndustryWeek Best Plant

Posted on September 15, 2005 by John Hunter

Solectron Corp: IW Best Plants by John Teresko To empower its employee strategy, Columbia (and the rest of Solectron) is dedicated to an ongoing journey of Six Sigma and lean manufacturing, says Petta. For example, several times a year it … Continue reading →

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