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.
Qualitative analysis for decision making when conducting attribute analyses can be deceiving. For this situation, an attribute measurement involves a yes or no response.
Qualitative Analysis for Decision Making – What Does It Tell Us? Read More »
Selection criteria from a list of best lean Six Sigma programs to the most appropriate offering is provided in the PDF document below.
Selection Criteria from Best Lean Six Sigma Programs Listing Read More »
The described eleven lean tools for continuous improvement in PDF below can be a part of an enhanced lean Six Sigma DMAIC roadmap that structurally integrates the application of lean and Six Sigma tools so that the right tool is used at the right time.
Described in the article below is a cycle time analysis example that addresses a process with the backlog of work.
Cycle Time Analysis Example: Processes with a Backlog of Work Read More »
A Minitab statistical analysis software help resource is described in the link below, which can be used in the 9-step Integrated Enterprise Excellence (IEE) Business Management System Analyze Phase.
Minitab Statistical Analysis Software Help Resource Read More »
What do you do with data that is non-normal and non-transformable data? Read and learn how this quick and simple Minitab resource helps you do just that!
An enhanced methodology is illustrated in the design of experiments transactional example that is available through the White Paper PDF link below.
Enhanced Methodology Illustrated in a Design of Experiments Transactional Example Read More »
A criticism of the Six Sigma approach was presented in the “Wall Street Journal and Chief Executive Magazine”. The article below rebuts the critic’s dubious statistics.
Important Box Cox transformation considerations that should be addressed before applying this data-transforming technique are described in the PDF article below.
A quick method for changing the time scale in Minitab is described in the attachment, which can be used for predictive analytics 30,000-foot-level charting.
Changing The Time Scale In Minitab for a 30,000-foot-level Metric Chart Read More »
