Statistical Engineering in Business Management

Described is a Statistical Engineering business management approach where a unique predictive organizational performance measurement and improvement system can be used to orchestrate efforts for addressing today’s challenges. This system provides an integrated methodology where organizations can “look out their car’s windshield” and, if they don’t like what they see, can make adjustments through targeted Lean Six Sigma and other improvement efforts that positively impact the business as a whole. This session will illustrate the application of these Statistical Engineering methods to a hospital showing how not only mean operational/financial responses can be improved and demonstrated, but how a reduction in the metric’s variability can occur as well.

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Next Generation Lean Process Improvement Methodology

Lean has a very good tool set; however, it is not a business management system. To better address the challenges of the day, organizations need an effective business management system that integrates lean tools with predictive scorecards and analytical/innovative strategies so that undertaken process improvement efforts have whole-enterprise benefits. The Integrated Enterprise Excellence1 (IEE) business management system, which is illustrated in Figure 1, accomplishes this organizational objective. In Lean Six Sigma, improvement projects are to follow a define-measure-analyze-improve-control (DMAIC) roadmap. Within the IEE system, there are two DMAIC roadmaps: Project DMAIC (P-DMAIC) and Enterprise process DMAIC (E-DMAIC). This article discusses how these roadmaps are used to integrate Lean tools into the business management system.

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Business Process Management Definition and Beyond

A business process management definition is dependent upon the source. Many references provide a BPM description that gives focus to process automation, while others highlight process rules and documentation.  An Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) business management system provides a BPM 2.0 system that can do both and more.

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Why should you add Master Black Belt certification to your resume?

This webinar will cover the benefits related to adding a Master Black Belt (MBB) certification to your resume. We will cover the body-of-knowledge associated with this certification and how Smarter Solutions provides it in a two-week course. What will be covered: – Advanced analysis tools (For project execution and coaching, covering how and why the tools are used.) – Adult learning and instruction (To support coaching and instructional assignments.) – Business leadership skills (To provide skills to help when you have responsibility for change but no authority to drive it.) – Improvement program management (To provide insight and lessons learned related to managing the improvement program for your employer.) – Plus a chance to have any questions that you may have on Lean Six Sigma or statistics answered. Even if you are not assuming a MBB role in your job, these skills will prepare you for success in almost any business situation. We will also introduce a new analytic role being created in many businesses, that a MBB is perfectly trained to fulfill.

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Lean Six Sigma Project Selection Methodology so Enterprise KPIs Benefit

To be competitive, organizations need continuous improvement efforts working internally and throughout their supply chains. How can this type of system be created so that it is both immediately beneficial and able to maintain its integrity through inevitable leadership and organizational changes? This article presents a clear mechanism for selecting improvement projects that benefit the business as a whole and avoids projects that profit a single silo.

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Breaking Down Silos at Work and Make Collaboration Happen

Have you ever seen a person or an organization doing whatever it takes to achieve their measurement goals, even if their success would be detrimental to another department or the business as a whole? Most of us have observed or experienced this form of behavior. This conduct is an unintended consequence of the traditional methods for creating performance metrics in an organization. This article discusses how IEE’s non-silo metrics and improvement efforts provide a guiding light for organizations to bridge functional boundaries and move toward achievement of the three R’s of business.

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Forrest Breyfogle – Keynote Speaker Excerpt

In a professional career spanning over a quarter century, Forrest Breyfogle has established himself as a leading edge thinker, a prolific author, an innovative consultant, a world-class educator, and a successful business executive. He has authored or co-authored 13 books. He recently completed a five-book set, Integrated Enterprise Excellence, that provides radical management advancements in the utilization and integration of scorecards, strategic planning, and process improvement. Mr. Breyfogle was named Quality Professional of the Year for 2011 by Quality Magazine. He also received the prestigious Crosby Medal from the American Society for Quality (ASQ) in 2004 for an earlier book, Implementing Six Sigma, 2nd ed. Forrest is currently located in Austin, Texas where he founded Smarter Solutions, Inc. in 1992. *YouTube video, requires appropriate plugins.

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Next Generation Improving Key Performance Indicators Reporting Method

Organizations need to minimize the risk of quality, delivery, and design problems with their offerings. Entities need to be measurable, auditable, sustainable, and consistent; however, if care is not exercised, executives, operations personnel, and quality departments can be making inappropriate decisions that lead to problems and/or excessive costs. Metrics and their wise application can help mitigate these risks. Risks are mitigated through two primary methods; eliminate the risk through structural or procedural changes, or create a reporting structure that is able to identify performance changes before there is a risk of impacting a customer or client. This article is about the tools and methods to introduce a reporting structure that allows a business to identify and mitigate risk before it impacts the bottom line.

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