Comments on: Strategies to Sustain Operations Excellence

By: Fahad Musarrat

Fahad Musarrat — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:35:18 +0000

this is so great but can i please get the written speech. I mean i need this presentation in written form. Will be really greatful

By: Ron Pereira

Ron Pereira — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:48:47 +0000

Thanks, Mark. All of our friendly discussions on this very topic have helped form my current opinion on the matter.

Interestingly enough, when I gave the full presentation there was a MBB who “took exception” to some of my comments about six sigma.

In the end, however, we both agreed that moving things forward was a lot easier than trying to maintain the status quo.

By: Mark Graban

Mark Graban — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:12:03 +0000

Good job, Ron! I definitely like the “continue” instead of “control” change.

By: Bob Delaney

Bob Delaney — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:10:03 +0000

Nice job with this. I love the idea of changing control to continue. What this does is make the PDCA better by using DMAI but then you strengthen DMAIC with continue which is similar to the act in PDCA. So, what you have is the best of both worlds. Time to write a book, Ron. Kidding (sort of).

By: Ron Pereira

Ron Pereira — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:55:40 +0000

@ Chris Carson – You can now download the video from Google Video. Just follow the link below the video. Let me know if you have any problems. All the best.

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5 Steps to Developing a Thinking Organization | Lean Six Sigma Academy — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:05:38 +0000

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By: Scott Edwards

Scott Edwards — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:40:09 +0000

Excellent! I look forward to reading it.

By: Ron Pereira

Ron Pereira — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:50:52 +0000

@ Kelvin – Thank you for the nice words. Scott nailed it with his comment regarding Presentation Zen and BBP. I would say personally like P Zen more than BBP although they complement each other.

@ Scott – Great question regarding thinking. I ‘think’ you just chose my next article topic!

@Chris – I am glad you liked it. I will get the video up on Google video soon… then you will be able to download it. If you email me your address I can burn you a copy on a DVD for now.

@Mike – I think you have it right. Entropy is a measure and not really a thing like I make it out to be… so since it is a measure of the disorder in a system your comment makes sense.

By: mike t

mike t — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:19:54 +0000

I find entropy confusing, i read that its highest when a system is in equlibrium and when its most disordered??

By: Chris Carson

Chris Carson — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:24:38 +0000

Very excellent job, Ron. I’m continually looking for ways to encourage our leadership in their never ending journey. Is there any way we can download the video? Thanks!