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Evolving Excellence: Why Idiots Should Not Have Access to Printing Presses
by BILL WADDELL You can't really blame Baltimore Sun writer Julie Bykowicz for writing nonsense - after all she's a journalist and, by definition an expert at nothing except the high art of avoiding ending sentences with prepositions and the...
Sourcing Innovation: Successful Strategy Execution is More Than Lean or Six Sigma
As per Sourcing Innovation's last strategy execution post, which outlined the secrets to successful strategy execution, successful strategy execution requires clear-cut decision rights and information flows, as per Neilson et al., and good business process mapping. Lean is not enough. Six Sigma is
Sourcing Innovation: Six Tips for Six Sigma Implementation
A recent article on the SSON did a great job of covering the Top Ten Tips for Implementing Six Sigma. Of these, five are absolutely critical to the success of your effort. Even though all ten are important, if you miss any of these five, plus the bonus tip, you can pretty much bank on a project
Evolving Excellence: Heroic and Lean at the Same Time
by BILL WADDELL 364 days a year the government with all of its goofy bureaucracy is an easy target for us lean bloggers. On this day, however, Memorial Day 2011, it seems fitting to acknowledge the branch of the government...
Evolving Excellence: Death Throes of A Legend
by BILL WADDELL "Motorola’s longtime ticker symbol, MOT, was retired on Tuesday as Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. began trading under its new name, Motorola Solutions, with the ticker MSI. Motorola Mobility, which was spun off as a new company, trades under...
Evolving Excellence: Six Sigma in Law
By Kevin Meyer A year or so ago a reader asked if I'd ever heard of lean applied to the legal profession. I had briefly, but did not have any specific resources. So my fading memory was joggled a bit...
Evolving Excellence: The Poppendiecks on Lean
By Kevin Meyer Mary and Tom Poppendieck have speaking on the application of lean manufacturing methods to software and IT development for many years. Recently they gave an interesting interview to Matt Heusser. Some of the more salient points: Matt...
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