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On the Business901 podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Nancy Riebling, Director of Operational Performance Solutions and a Master Black Belt for the North Shore- LIJ Health System. Operational Performance Solutions is a division of the Health System’s Corporate University located at the Center for Learning & Innovation. North Shore-LIJ Health System headquartered in Read More …
Value stream mapping is a tool that helps you to see and understand the flow of material and information as a product or service makes its way through the value stream. Value stream mapping is typically used in Lean, it differs from the process mapping of Six Sigma. A value stream map will take into Read More …
This 20-page e-book is a transcription from an earlier podcast with Jeff Slater of Sonoco. Jeff will be presenting at the WCBF Conference in Orlando this year. An excerpt from the Transcript: Jeff: “It’s a great concept to talk about because what we’re really trying to say is: How do we achieve that perfect experience Read More …
When talking to most Lean Six Sigma Consultants they will tell you the 2 lean tools that you start with are 5S and Standard Work. Looking for a simple way to describe the Standard Work process, I ran across Systems2win and their set of tools. I found them quite interesting and have started “Testing” them Read More …
This particular document covers Operational Excellence and how one would get started. Robert Stapp of OP-EX Direct Results was in the hot seat answering the questions. An excerpt from the transcript: “It’s when you decide that you want to move from being a good company to a great company. That’s when you say to yourself: “OK. Read More …
Manny O. Laveria of Northrop Grumman Corporation was my recent guest on the Business901 Podcast. Manny is leading a new group of Black Belts in organizing continuous improvement activities focusing on Lean-Sigma initiatives including training and mentoring. He is also the coordinator for the Green Belt program with about two dozen candidates working on their Read More …