Tag: Six Sigma

A year or two ago, I saw a hospital job posting for a Lean implementer. This hospital wanted every certification under the sun, including...

Here is a short video from Johns Hopkins Medicine, a member of the Healthcare Value Network, an effort I help facilitate through the Lean...

Episode #73 is a conversation with Doug Burgess, Senior VP of Corporate Lean Six Sigma for Xerox. We talk about the Lean Six Sigma approach...

What top-performing EDs do - Hospitals & Health Networks I was really, Really, REALLY puzzled by the first line in this article, that read: "Lean, Six...

ANALYSIS - Six Sigma mystique takes beating in downturn | Motoring | Reuters Thanks to a former Toyota employee (and friend of mine) for sending...

I found a few articles lately about Lean being implemented in some Ohio hospitals, so I'll share two of them here.Crescent-News.com - Hospitals headed...

Hospitals See Benefits of Lean and Six Sigma Regular readers know I often write about what I termed "L.A.M.E." -- Lean as Misguidedly Executed. The...

I've known Tim Noble for a few years now, so I'm going to basically print his press release as a guest post here. We...

Black Belt for Sale | Quality Digest - Mike Micklewright You might remember Mike from his Dr. Deming podcast and impersonation. Not that I'm trying...

By Jason Turgeon:It looks like the Lean + Green movement is gathering steam. In the last week, I've seen three pretty big efforts that...

Guest Columnist - Quality DigestWow, this is pretty bad... allegedly about GE. Granted, any dysfunctional Lean company could end up with similar dynamics. So...

GE's CEO controls information worth billions - July 21, 2008It's always interesting to read about GE's shift from a Six Sigma company to a...