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The Pareto Principle: Achieving More With Less
The Pareto Principle, an important Lean Six Sigma management theory, states that, for many events, 80 percent of the effects come from 20 percent of the causes. Joseph M. Juran, a business management thinker, formulated the Pareto Principle, or the 80-20 Principle. Juran named the Pareto Principle after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who had observed in the early 1900s that 80 percent of Italian income ....more |
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Author: Richard Koch Tags: Vilfredo Pareto | Richard Koch | Joseph Juran |
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The Journey to Hospital Operational Excellence: Achieving Process Improvement at Presbyterian Hospital
The Emergency Department (ED) at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, N.C., located in one of the fastest growing regions in the country, is often stretched beyond capacity. Patient volume in the 43-bed ED has jumped 34 percent in the past four years, and more than 86,000 people are expected to seek care there during 2008. Root Cause Back in 2006, the Presbyterian ED recognized the obstacles bef....more |
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Author: Gina Marie Gabriel Tags: operational excellence | John Schooley | quality control |
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The Secret to Achieving More with Less: Increasing the Productivity of Resources to Cope with a Rapidly Changing Economic Environment
Editor's note: Peter F. Drucker rendered explicit the interrelationship between and among three distinct concepts—namely, abandonment, concentration and Pareto's Law (a.k.a. the 80/20 Principle). Abandonment and concentration, Drucker reminded us, are opposite sides of the same coin. Simply put, abandoning unproductive and obsolete activities frees up resources to concentrate on ....more |
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Author: From the editorial staff at e-BIM Tags: Drucker | 80/20 Principle | Pareto's Law |
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Using SigmaXL and DMAIC to Improve Customer SatisfactionJohn Noguera, Senior Partner at SigmaXL, a leading provider of user friendly excel add-ins for statistical and Master Black Belt, presents a case study on leveraging SigmaXL statistical software and Six Sigma DMAIC methodology. Noguera illustrates how to improve customer satisfaction scores by identifying |
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Abandoning the Obsolete and Unproductive: A Difficult but Necessary Task
Editor's note: Pareto’s law suggests that most aggregate statistics relating to business/organizational situations misrepresent, misdirect and misinform. Aggregated activities in any endeavor conceal the ratio between efforts and results. Pareto's law assists Six Sigma management practitioners to recognize the inadequacy of information in key activities and helps to focus on those elements that produc....more |
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Author: From the Editorial Staff at e-BIM Tags: aggregate statistics | Pareto’s law | change management |
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The History and Simplicity of Lean Process Improvement
Lean production is currently being promoted as a new Japanese approach to speed, simplifying and optimizing business processes in every conceivable area from manufacturing cars to treating patients. However, many of the ideas behind Lean manufacturing can be traced back 100 years to the production lines of Henry Ford, and even earlier. Origins of Lean Process During the rei....more |
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Author: Brian Hunt Tags: Lean | Ford Motor | Six Sigma |
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How to Achieve Zero Retained Foreign Objects with DMAIC Part V
Over the past several issues we've discussed the Define, Measure, Analyze and Improve phases in achieving zero retained foreign objects. In this article, we will examine the critical but often overlooked fifth step in the Six Sigma DMAIC process, the Control phase. The Control Phase of the Six Sigma DMAIC Model In the Control phase, the project is transitioned from the Six Sigma project tea....more |
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Author: Anantha Kollengode Tags: Six Sigma project | DMAIC | gap analysis |
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Too Many Six Sigma Tools, Too Little Time
In my previous two articles on the topic of why Six Sigma training does not work ("Are Group Dynamics Problems Compromising the Effectiveness of Your Six Sigma Projects" and "Six Sigma Failures: Why Does Six Sigma Training Fail?"), I talked about our failure to build adequate practice time into most Six Sigma training curriculums and the lack of time that is devoted to the topic ....more |
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Author: Kevin McManus Tags: Six Sigma tools | Six Sigma | Pareto Chart |
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Top Six Sigma Tools to Use for Big Results: Part 1
As a Six Sigma practitioner and mentor, I am often asked what Six Sigma tool to use to solve specific quality problems. The answer is, “It depends.” After all, at last count there were over 100 various tools available for the Six Sigma professional to use (see Nancy R. Teague’s The Quality Toolbox, second edition). I have learned over the years, however, that the simplest tools often ar....more |
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Author: Gene Rogers Tags: Six Sigma tools | Pareto chart | control chart |
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