Lean
Examination Tips
Six Sigma Certification is important for those aspiring to advance their career in the quality management sector and who want to implement Six Sigma Methodologies in their organisation to make the projects successful. However the most daunting…
The Continuous Improvement Funding Menu
Time and again when visiting prospective clients, we hear the refrain “We’re too busy at the moment to start a lean programme” or, just as likely “It’s not in this year’s training budget”. These responses…
The role of the contract Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Black Belt The Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (BB) is a professional who is well versed in the Lean Six Sigma methodology, who leads improvement projects, typically in a full-time role. A Lean Six…
Measure up or pay up!
History is littered with examples of bad decisions, made on bad measurement data, and their very expensive consequences. In 1999, NASA lost the Mars Orbiter, which was designed to study the Martian climate & atmosphere. It…
Attracting (and keeping) the right customer – The software industry in Ireland
The major difference between a person with a lean mindset and one who has not, is that the lean head is always asking ‘Who is my customer?’, ‘What does my customer want?’ and ‘Do I…
Classroom vs. Online Learning – Which one is better?
As a child I well remember my father declining to tell us the meaning of words when we asked him. He would always say “Look it up in the dictionary”. A true educator all his…