Bringing your Storyboard Alive!

Your storyboard should not be a a dry report but an active document that truly makes your project come alive! Storyboarding has become a popular way of transferring the details of a Six Sigma project to a graphical representation. Very much like your child’s fifth grade science fair project. The purpose of course it gives Read More …

A Preview to Kaizen Week

This week the Business901 blog will center our theme on Kaizen, one of the most often used Lean words but practically ambiguity has set in on the term. Kaizen stands for Continuous improvement, the Kai to break apart, to change and the Zen to study or to improve. Recently, the Kaizen Event and/or Kaizen Blitz Read More …

Make a Lead Generation Funnel

My Affiliate post this week is about an upcoming webinar on How to Make a Lead Generation Funnel with Facebook and Twitter Join Swiftpage Tuesday, November 10th 1:00 – 2:00 PM EDT Thoughtleader Series by Swiftpage Discover How to Make a Lead Generation Funnel with Facebook and Twitter on November 10th with Facebook and Twitter Read More …

Power of Visual Thinking in your Visual Workplace

If you follow my blog you know the respect I have for the David Armano and the Logic & Emotion Blog. David had a great blog post on the power of visual thinking and also shared this slideshow presentation. A clear demonstration of visual thinking. An excerpt from the Blog Post…The Value of Visual Thinking Read More …

Using DMAIC for your A3 Report

The definition of an A3 Report is a simple storyboard that tells the whole story of an improvement event on one 11×17 sheet of paper. The left side defines the problem, the right side proposes solutions. That is the basic structure. However, A3 is much more than that. It is the tool used by Toyota Read More …

Association for Manufacturing Excellence, AME Conference Marketing Lesson

This week I attended the AME Conference held in Covington, KY. I have to say it was one of the best conferences that I have attended in a long time, with a great mix of workshops, seminars and plant tours. They also paid particular attention to their vendors making sure all their needs were met. Read More …