Today, we’ll make the rounds of Lean, Six Sigma, or any quality blogs.
Mike Wroblewski of Got Boondoggle? has two interesting posts inspired by the book, My Life and Work by Henry Ford. Mike shared some interesting points about Ford and the Ford Hospital as the first “Lean” Hospital. I also like this quote: “It is not good management to take profits out of the workers or the buyers; make management produce the profits. Don’t cheapen the product; don’t cheapen the wage; don’t overcharge the public. Put brains into the method, and more brains, and still more brains-do things better than ever before; and by this means all parties to business are served and benefited.” Many management delay rewards and recognition till bottomline is stable.
Ron Pereira of Lean Six Sigma Academy talks about hypothesis testing, which you can use to test if two samples of variable data represent different populations. Six Sigma because it is data driven involves statistics, and it’s good to arm yourself with such tools. Read more…
Over at Quality Hero, Rob Thompson shares a non-believer of the successful marriage of Lean and Six Sigma. Like Rob, I also believe that the two can really be merged and can make a difference in an organization. Those who think otherwise may not be aware of it, but they’re actually working on the concept of Lean and Six Sigma. Only that they have given it another name. Possible, right? 
