January 6, 2020

Tech tip: Hypothesis Testing

Does all that stuff about the null hypothesis and significance levels leave you cold? This dinky little video from the Khan Academy might just be the enlightenment you are seeking. 

January 6, 2020

Discovering Shingo

The 2017 book, Discover Excellence: An Overview of the Shingo Model and Its Guiding Principles, provides an introduction to the Shingo Model and prepares the reader for a deeper dive into the Shingo Guiding Principles. Readers will learn the…

December 20, 2019

Using Lean Six Sigma To Reduce Emergency Waiting Times

The lean six sigma approach to improving customer service and reducing variation can apply equally to manufacturing processes (e.g. in automotive and chemical plants), service process (e.g. in finance and insurance corporations) and healthcare processes…

November 9, 2019

Tech tip: Design of Experiments

Want to learn how to identify and optimise key inputs? This 15-minute video shows how DOE can be used to assist the validation of an adhesive bond process in medical device manufacture.

November 8, 2019

Toyota UK visit with Enterprise Ireland: 26th & 27th November 2019

Enterprise Ireland has been offered access to the Toyota Engine Manufacturing Plant in Deeside, North Wales. This will consist of two-day lean workshop/interaction with Toyota UK. For more information on costs and to register, please contact Stephen Reid…

October 2, 2019

5S in the Office

The paperless office is a myth…….or is it? The intrepid people in The Gemba Academy have recently published series of 5S video for the office. You may not learn how to get rid of paper,…