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In Part 1 of this blog series, I discussed how useful process maps have been for me over the course of my career. I also provided a brief explanation and showed examples of different types of charts. You can access Part 1 of this blog from the link here. Some of the process maps discussed … Read more
Throughout my career, as an Industrial Engineer and a Continuous Improvement professional, if there is one tool I have used in abundance, it is Process Mapping. As a visual person, it is my go-to tool. In many situations, it helped me wrap my head around what’s going on in a process or conversation and make … Read more
Over the past two decades TMAC has seen excellent results by our customers as they applied Lean Six Sigma to improve their business processes. Despite their success, it is increasingly apparent they are missing out on an opportunity to get even better results. How, you ask? Through the application of Industry 4.0. Not familiar with … Read more
By this time, most of us are aware of what Industry 4.0 (I4.0) or Smart Manufacturing means. The basics are covered in a blog I wrote back in 2018 titled “Smart Manufacturing and Lean Six Sigma.” Just as with a Quality Management System or a Lean Enterprise, the journey towards a true digital enterprise, linking business … Read more
Author: Diana Martinez, Ph.D.
Constant adaptability has always been essential for survival but the need for it has probably never been greater than nowadays (at least in our lifetime)! In this blog, I will focus specifically on my experience at TMAC in adapting to delivering services remotely for our customers.
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Authors: Diana Martinez, Ph.D. and Satya Kudapa
Analysis of Variance – commonly shortened to ANOVA – was introduced by the British statistician Sir Ronald Fisher (1890-1962) in 1925. An extremely useful tool for LSS practitioners, ANOVA is a type of hypothesis test to determine whether the means of different populations are the same or different, based on sample data. Note that, despite its name, ANOVA is NOT used to tell if there is a difference in the variance of different populations.
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In part 1 of this blog (Process Capability: A Critical Management Tool – Part 1), we covered the basics of process capability and its use as a Management tool. The focus of that blog was on capability analysis with continuous data that are normally distributed. In this second in our series on capability, I would … Read more
What is Smart Manufacturing? And how is it related to Lean Six Sigma? Also called Industry 4.0, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and Cyber-Physical Systems, Smart Manufacturing has been the topic of conversation for several years among manufacturing experts, strategists and thought leaders. What does this mean to Lean Six Sigma Practitioners? Can we leverage … Read more
First published in 1987, the ISO 9000 Quality Management System (QMS) standard is now widely used around the world with over 1.1 million registered companies. This standard – actually a family of standards – is updated periodically, most recently in 2015 by the International Organization for Standardization. ISO 9000 provides guidance and a framework for … Read more
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