“Lean Six Sigma Must Be a Waste of Energy” by XONITEK’s Joseph Paris & continued media coverage of the Operational Excellence Society – Published in Lean Management Journal in May 2012. Download PDF
Would you get on an airplane if it you knew the flight would fail 25-70% of the time? What if it was only 1% of the time? Would you get on an airplane if you knew one out of every hundred (1:100) flights would fail? That would be a failure rate of approximately one flight per hour, every hour,…
In a recent podcast on PEX, Nigel Clements (advisor with UK-based non-profit Deming Forum) was asked: “The world of business contains a bewildering array of approaches to process improvement and process management. But sometimes it can seem like we’re having hardly any effect on business operations. So how can we improve the business of improvement?”
Several years ago, I discovered that one of the technology partners of my firm had a nickname for me – it is “CJ”. For the life of me, I could not figure-out how they came-up with that as a nickname. I mean, my brother’s name is Christopher John – so that would actually make some sense. But he…
I am sure that for many of us, 2011 was quite the ride. And in spite of the considerable challenges and incredible odds, the vast majority of us made it to 2012 (certainly, those reading this article did). A “Hip-Hip-Hurray” to all of us! As the year winds-down and the Holidays befall us, we are granted a…
