Archive for December, 2009
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009The key issue for most organizations are increasing revenue or decreasing cost. At the present time it is much easier to decrease the cost. Presently, training events are getting canceled or postponed in the effort to decrease cost. Training budgets are the first to get cut when business takes a downturn. Time is also scarce. [...]
What kind of questions would you ask at a tollgate?
Thursday, December 17th, 2009In a recent post, Using the Six Sigma Tollgate in your Marketing Funnel I went through the concept of using a tollgate in your marketing funnel. Below is a list of questions that might help general a few ideas that you may want to consider. The list was derived from the book Implementation: How [...]
Your Value Stream Map is not your Project Plan
Sunday, December 13th, 2009Value Stream Mapping comes from the Toyota process flow improvement tools and involves identifying all the steps both value added and non-value added currently involved in providing a product or service. It will create a visual representation of that value stream or the work in process. It establishes a common language among us and provides [...]
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