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Choosing the Right Lean Six Sigma Training Course
Deciding to pursue online training and certification is an important decision. The expense can be significant and the time commitment varies from a couple of hours to 180 hours. This guide will help you make the right choice. First decide on your goal In Six Sigma we have a question that we repeat over and […]
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‘Lean Six Sigma’ Comes to the VA: Collins Cheers
Problems at the VA The Veteran’s Administration healthcare system has been in the news for decades. The system is routinely condemned, at best as inferior and, at worse, even nefarious. There has been one account after another of operations performed on the wrong organ or limb, the reuse of disposable medical supplies like needles, and […]
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Three Ways of Improving Hospital Performance With Lean Six Sigma
The Lean Six Sigma Training developed by Thomas Pyzdek is a comprehensive approach to helping improve your business process. In the health care system, four forces have converged making care delivery more difficult than it has ever been. These include: Aging baby boomers In the next two decades, the baby boomers will become the greatest […]
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Communication and Documentation as a Way To Improve Outpatient Care When Quality Falls Short
In recent years there has been a rise in outpatient malpractice lawsuits and awards. According to the American Medical Association from June the 15th study, over 10,000 malpractice claims were filed, and 43% of the applications were from outpatient care. Since the 2009 study, the number of reported incidents has increased. Which begs the question […]
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Six Sigma Training at Public Libraries
Six Sigma methods have helped manufacturing operations, healthcare institutions, and countless successful business improve their quality while lowering their costs. While these examples focus on for-profit organizations, Six Sigma training can refine the processes at non-profits as well, especially public libraries. By implementing an improvement project, the public library can focus on its trouble areas […]
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Lean Six Sigma Training: Improving Patient Care in Rural Hospitals
Lean Six Sigma principles have the capability to improve processes and eliminate defects in almost every industry. Applying these principles in rural hospitals play a vital role in improving business processes and reducing waste so that healthcare services offered to patients are more efficient. Compared to community hospitals, rural hospitals often face problems associated with […]
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Superior Optimization; Single Part or Multiple Part Operations: What’s Best for Your Company?
The demands of creating product production lines or value streams that are efficient and cost-effective are well-known to successful makers and producers. There are just so many factors that can pull positive results down into the realm of loss and to the often hard to answer questions of what the causes are and why they […]
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Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training: The Path to Excellence
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt is a certification specifically designed for business professionals to excel across industries. As the driving force in any leadership position, Six Sigma Black Belts apply their skills to spearhead projects, boost customer satisfaction, and foster customer loyalty. Their leadership and teamwork skills are invaluable assets in achieving organizational objectives. Achieving […]
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The Pyzdek Institute: Lean Six Sigma Then and Now
In the book Cheaper by the Dozen, two children of the famed Gilbreth family recount their various adventures growing up with their parents, Frank and Lilian, who were pioneers of efficiency in the workplace. Their stories include hilarious anecdotes about family vacations with bathing and changing schedules for 12 children, learning German while on the […]
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Hospital Turns to Six Sigma Training to Reduce Waste
Six Sigma started as a quality management system designed to reduce defects in manufacturing. Six Sigma was invented by Motorola in the 1980s. At the time, Motorola suffered from crippling defects in its manufacturing process; Six Sigma helped them to save the business. At General Electric, Six Sigma was further developed to address business processes […]