It’s time again for some link-loving and see what other blogs are saying about Six Sigma, Lean, Lean Six Sigma and other quality improvement processes.
Triz Sigma blog gives us some good reminders on how to select Six Sigma projects. “Choosing the right projects is crucial to the credibility of six sigma and its’ ability to live within the bounds of its’ own philosophies by being efficient and cost effective with the resources it employs.”
Daily Kaizen features a guest post from Dr. David McCulloch about Electronic Medical Records: the “drunk man’s keys” of the healthcare reform debate. “… if we simply apply cool technology to make our current irrational, unsafe, and overpriced healthcare system more ‘efficient’ then we will have achieved nothing. If applied to a rational system then electronic medical records could be the key to unlock the door to a warm, inviting medical home, a place where customers would feel safe and well cared for.”
From Evolving Excellence, I pick out the post on Lean is bigger than any of us. “The lean community talks a lot about leadership and culture, and a common trait I have found among the real lean successes is leadership that cares about other people and their communities. That is also true of just about everyone who supports or pushes lean.”
Learn Sigma has a good discussion going if QFD and Kansei Engineering can be integrated. This can “mean a way of identifying product development methods such as QFD etc., which are suitable for transferring Kansei Engineering results into conventional product development.”
Over at Gemba Panta Rei, Jon Miller shares the lessons of the drop, the bucket, and the continuous improvement. The mindset should be that there’s no small thing that can’t affect the big, whole organization.
