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By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated July 2, 2017

Does Lean Six Sigma Have a Place in Sports?

Does Lean Six Sigma Have a Place in Sports? Lean methodologies, and Six Sigma in particular, have gained a lot of mainstream attention over the last

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated July 13, 2016

Ready to Transition? Veterans, are you ready to transition? That one single question strikes fear in the heart of more veterans than any other. Once

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated July 1, 2014

This is a question I get frequently. How to sell lean to your boss is a question we have all asked at one point or another. The more fundamental

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated May 17, 2012

There is a reason why Heijunka is a block in the foundation of the Toyota House, or the Lean House as some call it. The short answer is stability in

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated March 8, 2011

As I teach the principles of Lean Manufacturing to others, I include games that are both fun and also illustrate the concepts in a way that are

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated September 20, 2010

The Measure Phase is the second phase in the Six Sigma Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) methodology. In a previous post, we discussed

By OpEx Learning Team, Last Updated December 7, 2006

A SIPOC Diagram helps us to determine which metrics matter and which metrics we can afford to ignore. This article discusses the metrics for which a