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Welcome to Lean6leadership that is Lean with the number six leadership dot com. Where I discuss the ins and outs of Quality Engineering/management, Program/Project management, and how to apply it to your life. I am a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, and a recovering Project Management Professional. I have been in manufacturing in one role or another for the last 20 years.
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7 days ago
Episode 7 Management Responsibilities
7 days ago
7 days ago
In this episode, we will discuss Management responsibility.
Item 1: Which part of Management is responsible for improvement
- Executive Management
- Middle Management
- Supervisory and Subject Matter Experts (SME)
Item 2: Large organization vs small business
- Roles of each management type
- Responsibilities differential by size
- Reporting and follow-up
Item 3: Belts and titles
- Green, Black, Yellow, Master and commander
- CEO to the supervisor
- SMEs
Story: Implementation at a small manufacturing company
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Statistics
Friday Oct 01, 2021
Friday Oct 01, 2021
In this episode we will discuss statistics
Item 1: Is it really needed?
- Appropriate to the process
- Inspection type
- Data available
Item 2: Implementation
- Frequency of review
- KPIs
- Display of outputs
Item 3: Sustainment
- Goals
- Who sees the report?
- When to change?
Story: SPC implementation with a supplier as well as reporting on internal metrics.
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Process Mapping
Friday Sep 10, 2021
Friday Sep 10, 2021
In this episode we will discuss process mapping
Item 1: Why
- Plan of PDCA
- Baseline current process
- Future state of process
Item 2: How
- Excel or Paper and pencil
- Visio
- PowerPoint
Item 3: When
- Beginning of a project
- Any process at all
- When developing a procedure
Story: Inclusion of process maps into procedures.
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Lean Vs Six Sigma
Friday Sep 03, 2021
Friday Sep 03, 2021
In this episode we will discuss Lean Vs Sig Sigma
Item 1: Which is which
- Lean and Six Sigma implementation
- “ “ usage
- Execution of each
Item 2: Best of both
- 5s V 6S
- PDCA or DMAIC
- Design
Item 3: When not to use either
- Research and development
- Just fix it, damn it!
- Seriously it is a paperwork issue?
Story: Lean out a production line vs Six Sigma project to fix data through put issue.
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Lean6leadership Project Charters
Friday Aug 27, 2021
Friday Aug 27, 2021
In this episode we will discuss project charters
Item 1: Why have them
- Defining the project
- Control Costs
- Effective allocation of resources
Item 2: How to use them
- Scope planning
- Cost planning
- Scheduling
Item 3: When to use them
- Any project
- Not for recurring tasks
- Must have an end built in
Story: When you ran a project without a charter and when you ran one with.
Friday Aug 20, 2021
continual vs continuous improvement
Friday Aug 20, 2021
Friday Aug 20, 2021
In this episode we will discuss continual vs continuous improvement
Item 1: Why do it
- Competitive advantage
- Technology changes
- Cost savings
Item 2: Basics on how it is done
- TEAM WORK
- Customer focused
- Customer justified
Item 3: Sustain
- Set up accountability
- Ensure it is customer focused
- C level driven
Story: Implementation of process improvement in an anodize line and rejected motors.
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Lean 6 Leadership EP1 Getting started
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
In this episode we will discuss how to get started in Manufacturing.
Item 1: Where to start
- Education
- Certification
- Experience
Item 2: Where to get the above
- School
- Intern
- Up from the production floor
Item 3: How to keep it up
- Continuing education
- Keep moving up in your organization
- Explore the industry
Story:
- Working as troubleshoot and repair
- MBA going nowhere
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Cert and beyond