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Purpose of CTQ Metric and How to Create a Critical to Quality Tree
The purpose of Critical To Quality trees is to convert customer needs or wants to measurable requirements for the business to implement. This approach
Occupational Safety in a Warehouse
In the May edition of Inbound Logistics, there's a good article on Warehouse Safety, written by Stanley Stone, Vice President of Safety at Penske
7 Waste Hide in Plain Sight
In Lean Management, the phrase "learn to see" was not coined by accident. John Shook and company chose a great term to describe the transformation
Overdoing Visual Management: Urinating in Elevators
Urinating in Elevators - apparently, this happens and there are people that do this type of stuff. Visual Management works - making things obvious,
The Twilight Saga Movies and Waiting Line Psychology
Yes, I feel like a manchild as I write this post about a vampire love story, but there is some relevance to the long-time readers of
Lean Six Sigma Safety Management: An Example from Toyota
Lean Six Sigma Safety Management: An Example from Toyota is an article showing how Toyota applies Genchi Genbutsu towards safety efforts. Kristen
Lean and Six Sigma History: A Common Starting Point
Both the Toyota Production System (Lean) and Six Sigma approaches owe their origins to a common body of work. Statistical Process Control (SPC),
Acquisitions of Amazon, Yahoo, Microsoft, Google
This post shows merger and acquisition (M & A) activity of Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Yahoo. I attempt to do this in a nice scrollable