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Using Lean for Perfection and Quality ...Perfection and Quality Lean methodology comprises a powerful set of tools designed to optimize perfection and quality in a manufacturing or service organization. 5S is a tool for organizing and creating a productive work environment. Hoshin Kanri deals with strategic direction and management to ensure creation of value in products and processes. Jidoka helps identify and solve errors in a  more...

Grammar Brush Up Bundle Polish your writing skills to perfection with this pro megaton of seven complete courses for only the price of one Continuing Education class! Complete your course of study in 90 days or less.  more...

Lean Logic Suppose a friend told you that it was more efficient to put on your shoes before your pants when getting dressed. What is the logic behind taking an action that seems so counterintuitive? You probably wouldn't implement this new methodology without a thorough explanation of its origin and logic, right? Some of the lean manufacturing suggestions may also strike you as counterintuitive. That's  more...

Managing Process Improvements Process improvement involves planning, implementation, and effective management to see the effort through from start to finish. Many organizations neglect the management phase, and, as a result, the effort ends up failing. How do you manage such a vast improvement undertaking? This course will explain who is responsible for managing process improvement, how to manage improvement effectively, and  more...

Six Sigma--Measurement System Re-analysis Have you ever tried to change your life with a diet or exercise program, only to backslide and lose all the positive changes you made? It's easy to lose sight of the ultimate goal--improved health and fitness--after reaching your goal weight and fitness level. Maintaining positive changes takes just as much effort and vigilance as making the changes initially. Likewise for businesses--the benefits  more...

Six Sigma Reducing Variation to Improve Quality ...ying the principles of Six Sigma, the standard of 99.9997 perfection is within your grasp. It's just a matter of learning--and employing--those principles. In "Six Sigma: Reducing Variation to Improve Quality," you'll do just that. You'll begin by gaining a basic understanding of what variation is--why and where it exists and how it creates waste, and you'll learn key tools for identifying and  more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Analyzing the Process ...istent in taste and temperature. To achieve this level of perfection (or consistency) for your product or service, you have to analyze and "map" the process to eliminate any defect from the system. Mapping the process that creates the defects--for example, a cup of coffee that's "off" in flavor or temperature--and analyzing it, is the focus of this course. Specifically, the course offers  more...

Six Sigma DMAIC Controlling the Improved Process ... team members work hard to achieve the Six Sigma level of perfection in a process, and they have to work just as hard to maintain it. In this course you'll focus on maintaining quality--or, in Six Sigma language, on "controlling" the improved process. In Lesson 1 you'll look at quality control. You'll see how to build quality control "checks" into an improved process, and how to develop the  more...