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a fantastic week of educational training

By on December 26, 2012 in General, Lean Six Sigma, Uncategorized

Hi Rene and the rest of the Green Belt collective,

I just wanted to thank you all for a fantastic week of educational training.

You all made the training both fun and informative.  I might have just scraped through but I wouldn’t have been able to do it without you guys…thanks for your support.

 

Have a fantastic Christmas and wonderful New Year.

 

All the very best,

Doug

 

PS, Watch out for  those Monkeys!!!!

 

Doug Calderwood  Cert Ed. MIfL

Regional Manager

Developing Performance Partnership Ltd (Trading as Develop-u) | Rotherham

through the Black Belt with success!!

By on December 20, 2012 in General, Lean Six Sigma, Uncategorized

After another 10 Hot Meals (and they where tough to get through), deeper studies in the Lean & Six Sigma Methodology, a few new tools and lot of practical exercise of the knowlage in a case study (with late night work). I’m proud to let you know that both Ole and I manage to take us through the Black Belt with success!!

A lot of thanks to Karen and Jörn (Jürg, Steve, Björn….and all the other names we put on you!  😉 )  for the time you invested in us to take us through the material.

I’m pleased to have had the oppertunity to meet you all and to get to know you. Would be delighted to hear from you in your future adventures, and perhaps we meet again!

 

Daniel Harvig

PS. Ole, a short version with less English words. 10 Hot Meals more! Hard work! Passed the Exam!  Se you some day!  😉

my learning in Lean Six Sigma has only just begun.

By on December 10, 2012 in Lean Six Sigma, Uncategorized

Hi Jörn, I hope you are well.

I just wanted to drop you a line to thank you for the training course. I really enjoyed my week and although it was quite hard going in places I genuinely felt that your teaching style and support were the main reasons I learnt so much. I was slightly apprehensive about the accelerated learning because there is so much to cover. I know that these courses are partly designed to ensure rapid certification but I know that my learning in Lean Six Sigma has only just begun.

I am genuinely interested in learning more and in putting my knowledge to the test in real practical environments. I have already had a conversation with my CEO about running green belt projects and being an IBMer, and having experience himself in Black Belt projects, he is keen to support me in this journey. He has already given me the mandate to start working in some areas.

Next year I hope to run some projects and to develop my knowledge further and will hopefully be back studying for Black Belt as well. Ill keep you in the loop with regards to progress.

Anyway, I wanted to say a huge thanks to you. You made a hard week very enjoyable and you should take great credit for that.

Rob.

Our Master Black Belts

By on September 27, 2012 in General, Lean Six Sigma, Uncategorized

Our Master Black Belts

Master Black Belts are more than just skilled technologists. The cornerstone for success of a quality accelerated technology training provider is the instructor’s ability to translate complex technical theories into understandable concepts and applied knowledge.

In addition to delivering our courses, our instructors are also consultants for major organisations worldwide. Every day, they acquire more extensive real-world experience which is reflected in the courses they teach and the books they write.

PEEC Training instructors are cross-certified industry professionals – ranging from renowned authors to senior information technology consultants, with extensive real-world knowledge.  Every PEEC Training Instructor:

  • Is certified in their chosen subject (in the case of Minitab training we only employ Minitab Certified Trainers)
  • Has many years of experience in a senior consulting role
  • Provides accelerated instruction and guidance, covering fundamentals and hands-on concepts, and demonstrating real-world scenarios to solidify your understanding

The PEEC Master Black Belts deliver the curriculum, provide leadership, coach students to ensure successful information comprehension and retention as well as certification. Instructors provide group instruction and individual assistance with a keen ability to cater to every aptitude and background.

Lean Six Sigma Design of Experiments Y = f(x)

By on July 15, 2012 in Lean Six Sigma, Uncategorized
Design of Experiments
§DOE was originally developed in 1930’s by Sir Ronald Fisher to improve agricultural methods
§Fisher used DOE to maximise the yield of agricultural crop (Y) by changing the key process inputs; fertilizers & seed type (x’s)
§ he DOE approach allowed Fisher to understand the main effects of the inputs, and the interactions between the inputs which impact the process output
§The objective is to logically organise changes to 2 or more input variables (x’s) and evaluate if any variable, or any combination of the variables, significantly affect the output (Y)
What is Design of Experiments?
§A DOE is a set of tests on the process output with at least 2 process inputs, each set at 2 or more levels
§The key principle behind the DOE technique is to create a perfectly balanced design which includes an equal combination of process settings

Lean Six Sigma Why Learn Hypothesis Testing?

By on July 6, 2012 in Lean Six Sigma, Uncategorized

To identify sources of variability using historical or current data:

  • Passive: a process is sampled or historic sample data is obtained
  • Active: a modification is made to a process and then sample data is obtained

Provides objective solutions to questions which are traditionally answered subjectively

Works for differences in means, or Variances (Standard Deviations), or proportions

new KPI TEEP in Lean Six Sigma

By on June 17, 2012 in Information Technology, Uncategorized

World Class OEE is generally accepted as >85%

The world class OEE performance of 85% is comprised of:

Availability = 90%

Performance = 95%

Quality = 99.9%

Research indicates that average OEE for manufacturing plants is 60%

How does your organisation compare against the ‘best in class’ performance?

Imagine what a 40% improvement in OEE (going from 60% to 85%) could do for your organisations competiveness and profitability!

Organisations are now factoring in how often the equipment is used throughout the year (24/7) – this is called the Loading.  For example if the equipment is used for 40 hours in a week (168 hours) the loading is 40/168 = 23.8%

This can be factored into the relatively new KPI – Total Effective Equipment Performance (TEEP) metric as follows TEEP = Loading x OEE

Lean in Engineering

By on April 28, 2012 in Lean Six Sigma, Uncategorized
Two dimensions of Lean in Engineering
Lean in Engineering / Product Development deals primarily with information as the material to its processes
It goes beyond Lean in Manufacturing in so far as the product is not yet defined

Thus there are 2 dimensions to Lean in Engineering / Product Development:

1.Process dimension:
–mastering processes to meet the time, quality, and cost expectations of the markets
–making processes manageable and measurable
–providing as much space for knowledge and creativity to unfold as possible
2.Product dimension:
–finding the best solutions to a given problem
–changing less in detail phase

Generally, mastering the process dimension is the prerequisite for mastering the product dimension

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Visual Management is key within Lean Six Sigma projects

By on April 25, 2012 in Lean Six Sigma, Uncategorized

The key to world class flexibility and high quality is the ability to understand at a glance what is going on in the workplace. Visual Management helps everyone in the workplace become involved in monitoring progress and customer service. Visual Management guarantees increases in efficiency, quality levels, productivity, and reductions in man hrs on the job. VM not only makes problems obvious, it provides a means to solve them The purpose of VM is to make everybody’s job easier VM uses all 5 senses to create a simpler, self regulating facility, resulting in increased Quality, productivity and morale.

Pursue Perfection through Standardisation;

Now that improvements have been made it is important that they become the new STANDARD and the team do not fall back into the old ways of working. It does not stifle creativity, it enhances it.

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