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LSS Academy Podcast 2: Genchi Genbutsu - Do You Really Understand It?

LSS Academy Podcast 2: Genchi Genbutsu - Do You Really Understand It?

May 24th, 2013

In this podcast I revisit a topic I've written about before on the blog... genchi genbutsu. To play the podcast please press the play button above. During the podcast we meet a Toyota Engineer who takes "going to gemba" to an entirely new level! We also discuss why things such as surveys and f

What You Do Doesn’t Have to Define You

What You Do Doesn’t Have to Define You

May 20th, 2013

To listen to this article in podcast format please click the play button above.   What You Do Doesn't Have to Define You My 8-year-old daughter has been playing soccer for more than 4 years.  And she's been playing at a competitive level for over 2 years. Put another way, she’s played the

How Do You Document Your Processes?

How Do You Document Your Processes?

May 13th, 2013

At Gemba Academy we’re constantly doing our best to “practice what we teach.” Now, to be honest, we’re far from perfect (who is?) but we’re always trying to find better ways to take care of our customers and develop better products and services. A Day in the Life at Gemba Academy Much of our da

Going to Gemba vs. Statistical Analysis

Going to Gemba vs. Statistical Analysis

May 6th, 2013

Early in my professional career I worked as a Process Engineer at Nokia (in their mobile phone division). I had many responsibilities but, ultimately, my most important job centered on ensuring all of the equipment was producing cell phones that worked the first time. Go to Gemba We lean prac

Knee Jerk Statistics

Knee Jerk Statistics

April 29th, 2013

The folks over at Minitab recently wrote an excellent article about how a Six Sigma practitioner leveraged binary logistic regression analysis in order to better understand why associates at a manufacturing plant were quitting. What they learned The team discovered that the distance the employee d