Category Archives: 6-Sigma

5th Commandment: Understand How Lean, TOC and CI integrate as a Triad to Improve Revenue Production

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Mitch Gooze

For all of our Commandments, we are assuming that you want to grow revenue faster than you are currently. If you are not growing as fast as you want, continuing doing what you are doing won’t get you where you … Continue reading →

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4th Commandment: Your people don’t fail, your processes fail

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Mitch Gooze

For all of our Commandments, we are assuming that you want to grow revenue faster than you are currently. If you are not growing as fast as you want, continuing doing what you are doing won’t get you where you … Continue reading →

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Our 3rd Commandment: Adopt Continuous Improvement Process Management

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Mitch Gooze

For all of our Commandments, we are assuming that you want to grow revenue faster than you are currently. If you are not growing as fast as you want, continuing doing what you are doing won’t get you where you … Continue reading →

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Make Doing the Wrong Thing Hard … Fundamentals

Posted on December 15, 2021 by Mitch Gooze

To help prevent errors, a construct translated as “make doing the wrong thing hard” has been around informally for many decades. It was formalized as part of the Toyota Production System by Shigeo Shingo and called poka-yoke in Japanese. This … Continue reading →

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Removing waste increases profits

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Mitch Gooze

In June of 2007 I posted about the mis-application of 6-Sigma to innovation and creativity. However, the idea of removing waste that does not add value can still be applied to so-called creative processes. To wit, Partners & Napier, a … Continue reading →

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Six-Sigma Not so Valueless Afterall!

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Mitch Gooze

Earlier this week my wife (who works with us sometimes) was at the Boston Knowledge Management Forum, where one of the trendy things to talk about was how six-sigma is now an dated old tool, useful in the manufacturing environment … Continue reading →

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Process vs. Innovation

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Mitch Gooze

Many pundits argue that the current path to competitive advantage is by out-innovating the competition. This is as opposed to focusing on being more efficient than the competition. The unstated theory being that one of these two approaches is the … Continue reading →

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