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All faults are decision faults
Continuous process improvement methods use problem analysis (root cause analysis) to identify and confirm the cause-effect relationships that lead to defects. You cannot take effective corrective action until you understand the root cause of a process defect. Your current process or situation … Continue reading
Turn a Kaizen Blitz into a Decision Blitz
I launched my consulting business before the term, kaizen, became widely used as a synonym for continuous, incremental improvement. Most of my consulting engagements have been focused on innovation, strategy, roadmapping, new products, systems engineering or platform engineering – the … Continue reading
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Integrated methods or a bucket of tools?
In my consulting travels, I’ve come across quite a few organizations who use a bucket of tools approach to their strategy, product development and process improvement (e.g. six sigma) efforts. They offer their teams a dizzying array of techniques, templates, … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Belts, decision pattern, decision tools, disruptive innovation, holistic methods, information architecture, integrated methods, knowledge flows, knowledge pattern, learning cycles, methods, methods architecture, point tools, process improvement, product development, simplify, Situation Appraisal, six sigma, strategy, thinking methods, transformation
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Decision: Process Initiatives
Most successful organizations invest regularly in process initiatives that grow their core competencies. The past few years a lot of companies have burnt their budget for such things on six sigma, lean “whatever” or various gate process frameworks. All of … Continue reading
Strategic vs operational excellence
I continue to run into folks who are pouring mucho money and effort into applying six sigma techniques to everything. Six sigma provides a rich toolbox for continuous, incremental improvement of existing processes and systems; it’s great for helping organizations … Continue reading
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