Author name: Rick Haynes

A student recently asked about transforming time-between-event data so it can be used in an individuals chart. This is a great question. The answer is to use a square root transformation. It turns out that the time-between-failures typically has a poisson distribution if it is stable. In this case, the square root is the correct […]

Frustrations in Enterprise Improvement Responses to Webinar Questions Smarter Solutions, Inc. www.smartersolutions.com 512-918-0280 Forrest W. Breyfogle III [email protected] View questions and answers, and download a pdf copy of the webinar questions and answers by simply using the password provided in an e-mail sent after the webinar. If you do not have the password and registered

As I talk with students they routinely ask about e-learning. After the earlier Blog on this topic, I decided to look deeper into this trend. I found a number of positive views on e-learning as the future, but the sources usually ended up as providers of the e-learning tools and consulting. I did find one

Many individuals consider these as two different sets of tools, or two different training courses. Why is that, because it sells better or even sounds better? Who knows and what are the real differences? Differences in the way a Process is viewed: In manufacturing it is easy to see the work as a process. Building

If you evaluate enough process improvement consultancies, you will find there is no standard. Get your Black Belt in a week! … via Web based classes at your own pace! Get your certification through an extensive 4 week (or 5 week) program. Lean Methods provide quicker improvements than Six Sigma. Design of Experiments (also known

Most all books say start with 95% confidence unless you know otherwise. When is otherwise? I remember reading examples of the medical and nuclear fields, well I was in the Nuclear Power field and we used 95% for everything except safety analysis, whish was at 99%. So what is the right thing for the improvement