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Lean Six Sigma Bursts — 144 episodes · page 1 of 2
E143: Why LSS Leads to Better Improvements and Cost Reductions
E142: Lean Six Sigma Challenges with Sustainability
E141: Hidden Costs of Equipment Downtime
E140: Applying Six Sigma's IPO (Inputs Process Outputs) to your Personal Life
E139: Six Common Types of Process Improvement Projects for Lean Six Sigma Certification
E138: Using Employee Surveys and Paired t tests for Measuring Improvement
E137: Lean Six Sigma Training Simulations and Exercises
E136: Review of DMAIC Roadmap for Improvement Projects
E135: Future of Six Sigma software and AI
E134: Free Virtual Lean Project Program for Nonprofits
E133: Does a Six Sigma Green/Black Belt Certification Boost My Salary?
E132: Announcing free course "Applications of Lean in Healthcare"
E131: The Big 3 Quality Improvement Tools for the Food and Beverage Industry
E130: The Importance of Process Logs in Problem Solving
E129: History of Lean (part of new LSS White Belt course)
E128: TQM at the State of Iowa began in 1992?
E127: What is Lean Coffee and Unconferences?
E126: Intro to Nonparametric Statistics (Part 2 of 2)
E125: Intro to Nonparametric Statistics (Part 1 of 2)
E124: Using Lean Six Sigma to Reduce Patient Medication Complications (Audio by AI)
E123: Applying Net Promoter Score (NPS) to a Zero Waste Conference (Audio by AI)
E122: Applying Risk Management to Conference Planning (Audio by AI)
E121: I can help you become a Lean Six Sigma "rockstar"!
E120: Lean at Home - Reducing External Storage Space Costs
E119: Why DOGE should utilize Lean Six Sigma like Pete Ricketts did in Nebraska
E118: Real-life Examples of Hypothesis Testing
E117: The Importance of Data and the 1948 Presidential Election
E116: How a battery manufacturer saved nearly $1 million by completing only 7 Lean Six Sigma projects
E115: How I use AI for my Lean Six Sigma Consulting
E114: Tackling Green with Lean - Energy Treasure Hunts
E113: Explaining Energy Treasure Hunts with AI
E112: Lean Six Sigma for Good
E111: Lean Six Sigma Best Practices - Part 2
E110: Lean Six Sigma Best Practices - Part 1
E109: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 6
E108: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 5
E107: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 4
E106: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 3
E105: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 2
E104: The Lean Journey at Rockwell Collins with Clay Jones - Part 1
E103: How to gather data before starting an improvement project
E102: How Green Belt training can benefit you personally and your organization
E101: My thoughts on former Boeing Quality Manager (John Barnett) interview prior to death
E100: How 6 M's and Fishbone (Ishikawa) or Cause and Effect Diagrams Can Help Reduce Water Consumption Usage in your Company
E99: Excerpt from the book, "Lean Six Sigma for Good - Lessons from the Gemba (Volume 1)"
E98: Lean Six Sigma training and Coaching Program Case Studies
E97: Excerpt from the book, "Lean Six Sigma for Good - Lessons from the Gemba (Volume 2)"
E96: What is the best option for effective Lean Six Sigma training and coaching?
E95: Hypothesis Testing Basics - Can James Bond tell the difference between a shaken or stirred martini?
E94: Interested in a Free "Lean at Home" Coaching Program?
E93: An overview of Statistical Process Control (SPC)
E92: Should my kaizen event be a planning session or a working session?
E91: How can I get the most frontline worker participation in a kaizen working event?
E90: Free Lean and Sustainability Webinar Series - Nov 28th and 30th
E89: Q&A from Six Sigma training - What to do when data collection system is under development?
E88: Q&A from Six Sigma training - What if solutions are part of your Six Sigma project charter?
E87: Six Sigma in Real Life: Taguchi Loss Function for Hotel Pool Temps and the Solar Eclipse
E86: Camping and the 8 Wastes (TIM WOODS)
E85: Six Sigma Criticisms #1 - The Motorola 1.5 Sigma Shift
E84: Using Process Mapping and Regression to Reduce Electricity Usage
E83: Clip from Interview with Climate Change Professional David Saunders
E82: Q&A from SPC presentation - What software to use? What about nonnormal data?
E81: Does Toyota use SPC Control Charts?
E80: Reduce environmental impacts in your business with Ecology's Lean/Green program
E79: How to measure variation using Range and Standard Deviation
E78: How to measure central tendency using the mean and median (and which is better)
E77: Client Survey Shows Daily Huddles Improve Communication and Engagement Based on Paired T-Test Analysis
E76: Why You Should Not Skip Over Measure and Analyze in your DMAIC Improvement Project
E75: Lean in Real Life - Small improvements add up with water cooler and dealing with small samples
E74: 10 things to consider before completing the DMAIC Control Phase
E73: Women in Manufacturing Panel Discussion on Lean Manufacturing
E72: How to finalize a project when results might take years to measure?
E71: New book release, Lean Six Sigma for Good (Volume 2)
E70: Use ECRS or SPACER to help brainstorm improvement solutions
E69: Use Action Priority in your next FMEA instead of only using RPN
E68: Lean Six Sigma Virtual Coaching and Certification Program Starting in 2023
E67: Why Single-stall Production Systems are more efficient than Assembly Lines
E66: 16 Surprising But Powerful Concepts I've Learned About Lean
E65: Lean Case Studies Across Different Industries - Manufacturing, Government and Healthcare
E64: Applying Lean Thinking and Process Improvement to Nonprofits and NGOs Case Studies
E63: Six Sigma in Real Life - Analyzing Iowa Football Turnover Data for Improvement
E62: 5S and the KonMari method
E61: Lean in Real Life - Defining Key Metrics for a Project
E60: Lean in Real Life - Selecting a Lean Six Sigma Project Within an Existing Project
E59: Lean in Real Life - Improving Bottlenecks Using Theory of Constraints
E58: Combining my passion for the Iowa Hawkeyes with statistical analysis
E57: Using Takt Time to Successfully Hire Enough Job Applicants
E56: "Lean at Home" FINAL Course Module #7 - Making Mouthwash Project Example
E55: "Lean at Home" Course Module #6 - Error Proofing and Documenting Your New Process
E54: "Lean at Home" Course Module #5 - 5S Method for Home Organization
E53: "Lean at Home" Course Module #4 - How to See the 8 Wastes
E52: "Lean at Home" Course Module #3 - Collecting Data and Mapping the Process
E51: "Lean at Home" Course Module #2 - Selecting a Home Process to Improve
E50: "Lean at Home" Course - Introduction
E49: Cross-Training Matrix for Identifying Skills Gaps in your Team
E48: Training is not sufficient for a successful improvement program
E47: Book Review - The Lean Dentist
E46: Gather data before defining a problem
E45: The waste of not being proactive
E44: The waste of physical books that go unread