Author name: Forrest Breyfogle

How to Report Performance Measures with Analyses, a Diabetes Illustration

ASQ Quality Progress January 2017 published article titled “Monitor and Manage: Diabetes measurement tracking at the 30,000-foot-level.” Described is an Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) approach for diabetes measurement tracking and understanding improvement opportunities. Techniques apply to business key performance indicators (KPIs) as well; e.g., in an operational excellence business management system.

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How to Achieve Operational Excellence in Business: Austin Texas DNA Lab Testing Case Study

How to achieve operational excellence in business can be addressed through the framework of an Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) business management system.  The case study below illustrates the value of an IEE approach to implement operational excellence in an organization.

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Predictable Performance Report Example with Analytics

This predictable performance report example illustrates how a traditional table of numbers can be transitioned to a futuristic statement.  When the statement about predictive expectations are not desirable, analytics is used to give insight to where focus should be given to improve the output response.

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Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Training and Certification

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt Training needs to be more than a course in the use of advanced statistical tools.  Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt training needs to include business management techniques that link organizational scorecards with process improvement efforts so that the big picture benefits.

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Deming Quality Management Greatest Contributions: A Summary, Webinar and How to Implement

World-acclaimed quality guru, W.Edwards Deming wrote about, spoke about and implemented organizational change and continuous improvement through strategic quality management practices. He called his this, as he titled his book, Out of the Crisis. His successful theories are studied across the globe from Japan to the U.S. What is the biggest lesson from Mr. Deming? Robert Spencer, ASQ’s Quality Management Forum Editor, has been personally trained by Deming. He will present this one-hour webinar on “Deming’s Greatest Contribution to Quality Management.”” Topics covered: – Pursuing quality – Deming’s view of the organization – Deming’s system of profound knowledge – Approach to quality management – Deming’s Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycle – Deming’s 14 points – Deming’s 7 deadly diseases of management – Linkage to Integrated Enterprise Excellence System and Books by Forrest Breyfogle”

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Integrated Enterprise Excellence Review by Robert Spencer

Robert Spencer, Editor of ASQ’s Quality Forum Magazine, shares his review of the Integrated Enterprise Excellence Business Management System and Books offered by Smarter Solutions. Spencer, who has an Masters of Science degree in Quality Assurance, has gained experience in business management systems since the 70s covering government, Fortune 500 corporations academia, health care and more.

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Lean Six Sigma Book Review and Beyond the Balanced Scorecard System

Editor of the Quality Management Forum, Robert Spencer, presents a detailed review of Integrated Enterprise Excellence Volume I: The Basics: Golfing Buddies Go Beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard” by Forrest Breyfogle. Also included in this article is a review for Breyfogle’s Project Execution Guide.

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