Category: Concepts

There are four distinct hierarchical levels of measuring data. These are nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio. Nominal is the most simple and ratio is the most complex. What does nominal mean, though?

Understanding what quality targets are and how to center product uniformity around them is a helpful step in overall process improvement, ultimately leading to increased profits and customer satisfaction rates.

It is important to regularly check if your processes are operating as optimally as they could be. If not, actions should be taken for improvement. For this to be appropriately determined, you can create a QPR.

The Lean Six Sigma profession is inherently complex because there are many ways to interpret this simple yet meaningful definition. Keep reading to learn more.

With improvements made in processes, it is important to make sure that your business doesn’t fall back on old bad habits. Incorporating ratchet devices is a method of preventing this from happening.

The famous poet, Alexander Pope said, “To err is human … ” Using Error Mode Effects Analysis (EMEA) will help mitigate, eliminate and prevent those human errors.

As complexity increases so does the probability of error. Scrap, rework, defects, retesting, and recalls are all expensive. With failure mode and effects analysis we’ll show you the true value of adopting this approach.

When it comes to getting a task accomplished, having an operations process greatly increases the probability of success.

In manufacturing, production may have to halt due to an issue somewhere in the process. Once the issue is addressed, it is important to know just where the clean point is.

Where should you focus your improvement efforts; the vital few or the trivial many? Let’s define these two terms so you can answer the question.

Six Sigma is a philosophy of business and a set of tools for improving all your organizational processes. There are three strategies or desired outcomes of deploying Six Sigma. Let’s explore them further.

It is important in business to have a sampling system in place to determine when to dump a pack of units dumped due to an unacceptable amount being defective. LTPD is part of this sampling system.

A machine capability index is an index that can be utilized as an effective measure of machine improvement. Therefore, it is an important term to be aware of so that you can be sure that the changes you have made to improve how the machines in your business are actually working!

Time value mapping helps to eliminate areas of waste and improve the efficiency of a work item process. Read on to learn what it is and how it works.

As the name implies, process capability is the ability of your process to meet your customer’s expectations. There are a number of calculated metrics which can be used to indicate your process capability.

An understanding of this concept is an absolute must when it comes to making your business thrive. Find out more about Price Recovery and its impact on your business.

When it comes to Lean Six Sigma, “yield” is the measure of the percentage of items produced that meet customer quality or specification requirements. Find out more about this concept.

Don’t you hate it when you make a mistake? A type 1 error is a mistake you can make when erroneously interpreting your data. Let’s learn what that mistake is and how to keep from making it.

You have heard the old saying that no two grains of sand are alike. Variation is everywhere. But, some variation is predictable, some is not? Special cause variation in the non predictable type of variation. Let’s learn more about it. 

Of the 7 Lean Six Sigma principles about getting the right people involved at the right time, quorum is one not just limited to improvement projects but also to any project a company may undertake.

When you think about the word “product,” you probably think about the physical things you buy and use every day—diapers for your baby, toothpaste for your teeth, or a cup of coffee to get you through the afternoon. But when it comes to Lean Six Sigma (LSS), products aren’t always tangible.

Never-ending improvement is the heart of any continuous improvement effort. PDSA, developed by Dr. W. Edwards Deming, is one of the fundamental tools used today for continuous improvement.

A definition of percent of tolerance is provided, and its importance, benefits, and best practices are explored.

When someone says your data has kurtosis, do you think this is referring to some disease? Kurtosis can be a natural state of your data. Let’s find out more about kurtosis and what it means.