Smarter Solutions, Inc. provides in these articles (white paper) how-to details that can have significant benefit to both organizational leadership and practitioners. Described (among other things) is the Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) business management and improvement system which goes beyond Lean Six Sigma and the Balanced Scorecard. IEE provides a means to integrated predictive scorecards with the processes that created them. From IEE, organizations can determine where to focus improvement efforts so that the business as a whole benefits.
This predictive analytics models example non-normal data illustrates the benefits of 30,000-foot-level performance reporting in an Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) Business Management System.
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One of a set of books on business management and leadership provides, in a book novel story format, an introduction to Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE). IEE as an enhanced business management system providing a road map for organizations to create a culture that has positive leadership and a data foundation in its decision making process.
A next generation business process management a paradigm shift system is needed for businesses to thrive and be competitive in the future. Current systems often lead to firefighting problems that continually reoccur or play games with the numbers to make things look better than they are. This next-generation system needs to incorporate automation of processes
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Structured steps for a Lean Six Sigma deployment strategy are provided in the below “Steps for Lean Six Sigma Success” PDF written by Forrest Breyfogle. With the described deployment strategy, focus is given to the avoidance of silo projects that may initially look good but do not provide much (if any) organization-as-a-whole benefit. The described
A performance management best practice is the use of predictive KPI dashboard reporting. The six examples in this article illustrate the benefit of this performance management best practice approach for predictive KPI dashboard reporting. Learn how to benefit your business from this structured approach to reporting of performance measurements.
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How can you be sure your Lean Six Sigma Training is worth the investment? You’ll want to be sure to check out the five critical points this 13 page article reveals.
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Learn the benefits of a process driven organization. Unhealthy and possibly destructive behaviors emerge when management creates goals and objectives by which to measure the success of the workforce. This management methodology is likened to the risks of gambling. Truly great leaders aren’t just rolling the dice. This whitepaper can start guiding management away from dicey systems to creating a stable, more enjoyable organization.
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“Starbucks introduced Lean concepts to their stores in 2009… The result is that there was more same store revenue with less operating costs. Target was losing ground to competitors in sales. They tested new upscale products with a focus on colors rather than low cost. It worked so it was spread to all stores. Now they are a leader and sales are up.” Want to make sure your Business Process Management (BPM) deployment runs successfully like Starbucks and Target? Download this whitepaper to learn BPM deployment risks to avoid!
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In Lean Six Sigma, the Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) roadmap is to be followed for the execution of process improvement projects; however there can be very great differences in how this roadmap is executed.
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When non-normally distributed data are tracked over time at the 30,000-foot-level, process stability is to be assessed and a predictive statement provided, when appropriate. However, to make these assessments, a transformation that makes physical sense for this assessment may be needed. This article describes the use of an appropriate transformation from a physical point of view when deciding which actions or non-actions are most appropriate.
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