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The Politically Incorrect Definition of Change Management

Monique — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:01:05 +0000

Change management is defined on Wikipedia as: Change management is a structured approach to transitioning individuals, teams, and organizations from a current state to a desired future state. In project management, change management refers to a project management process where changes to a project are formally introduced and approved. While that is a fairly accurate statement, you [...]

Are You a Professional Nag?

Monique — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:10:18 +0000

The event is over. You have tons of papers from your gigantic post it notepad of the things to do. Some of them you can easily do yourself, but other items you need other people to do. How do you feel? Knowing that you will need to request the assistance of others can be a challenge in [...]

How To Use SigmaXL for Design of Experiments (DoE) [VIDEO]

Monique — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:10:49 +0000

Design of Experiments (DoE) – SigmaXL Demo this video tutorial will show you how to use the statistical software package, SigmaXL, to design a 3-factor experiment for a catapult competition. You may recall this exercise that is commonly used as a learning project in statistical quality control courses. Our goal is to identify the process drivers [...]

Thanks SigmaXL and Other News

Monique — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:54:19 +0000

Are Your Technical Service Goals in Sync?

Monique — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:05:21 +0000

Are you accomplishing your goals for your team? Have you designed an organizational structure with unnecessary competition and red tape? If you feel like your wheels are spinning fast, but you are still moving in slow motion then take time to consider what you can do to breakthrough and encourage technical service excellence. Audio Transcript expand(document.getElementById('ddet898566147'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink898566147')) Hello there! [...]

Made To Order Products Deliver Made To Order Stories [VIDEO]

Monique — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:31:45 +0000

When evaluating your current enterprise strategies, do you consider your custom product more of a hassle than a goldmine? Are you have trouble going from maybe on time to just in time? Stay the course and consider the inherent value that your made to order products deliver to your customers? In the midst of economic opportunities, [...]

Travel Light? Enter to Win Apple Macbook Air!

Monique — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:07:35 +0000

Breaking News! John Traveler of EightHourJourney.com wants you to travel light. He’s giving away an Apple Macbook Air! Don’t miss out on your opportunity to win this ultra-light, super-sleek Apple laptop. I’m entered to win. . .Are you entered? Well, you have no time to waste - Contest ends June 30th, 2009 at Midnight EST Winner will be announced July [...]

Why Your Business Needs a Continuous Improvement Blog

Monique — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:35:10 +0000

Sharing online can be the source of tremendous rewards for many businesses and organizations. A blog is an excellent way to connect with people outside your facility, location, department, or division. Whether you decide to share via the internet or intranet, there is no better way to chisel away the walls of communication. Here are four [...]

FMEA: How To Perform a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Tutorial

Monique — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:19:46 +0000

FMEA stands for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis. This DMAIC tool is used to evaluate risk in a process. FMEA will help to improve the quality and safety of work tasks. Using this SigmaXL template will allow you to document a baseline for improvement and provide compelling data to confirm a need for [...]

The Misuse & Abuse of the Term – Efficient

Monique — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:43:10 +0000

If you are following me on Twitter, you might remember that Monday I sent out a series of tweets expressing why I feel the term “efficient” is often misused and abused in regard to business process performance. This morning the most recent entry in my Lean Six Sigma news feed was the following Spokesman Review story: City adds job [...]