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The company most associated with Six Sigma?

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Motorola

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The most notable salesperson who popularised Six Sigma?

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Jack Welch, General Electric

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The history of Six Sigma can be traced to this industry..

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Automotive

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4
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The highest level of certification

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Black Belt

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5
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What belt is above yellow?

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Green Belt

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6
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LEAN focuses on ..

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Improving process efficiency

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Six Sigma focuses on ..

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Quality and consistency

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Six Sigma is a statistical term that focuses on ..

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Variation

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What is the definition of variation?

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A measure of the difference associated with one unit to the next. The output of every process suffers from some variation.

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What is the definition of Six Sigma?

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A highly disciplined process that focuses on developing and delivering near-perfect products & services

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What is the definition of perfection in Six Sigma?

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3.4 or less defects per million outputs

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What are three components that can be used to describe any process?

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Input, Process & Output

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Mathematic description of a process

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Y=(f)x

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What is the Voice of the Customer

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Defines the needs and expectations of the customer/ The VOC must be reflected in the capabilities of the process.

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What is the Voice of the Business

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Voice of the organisation. Considered in process design or redesign. Can include management style, financial resources as well as other physical resources that support the organisation.

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What is the Voice of the Process

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Represents capabilities & limitations within the organisation

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What is the Voice of the Employee

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Capabilities, limitations and motivations of those who are part of the process

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18
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A tool to find the root cause of a problem is ..

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Fishbone

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The head of a fishbone represents what?

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The problem to be addressed

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What are the lines with problems called in a fishbone?

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Oblique lines

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The short horizontal lines in a fishbone represent the possible …

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Root causes of the problem

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Those dimensions of a product or service that are instrumental in delivering quality outcomes are …

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Critical to quality, CTQ

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An estimate of the cost to the organisation for delivering poor quality ..

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Cost of Poor Quality, COPQ

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Another term for the 80-20 rule

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Pareto Rule

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Japanese for continuous improvement
Kaizen
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Metrics =
Concrete measurements that minimisie intuition and opinion when proposing and executing Lean Six Sigma projects
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A document that formally authorises a project
Project Charter
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Financial evaluation methodology for projects
Compare benefits with costs and a benefit-cost ratio
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Five Steps of DMAIC
Define Measure Analyse Improve Control
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What is implied by the define stage?
Clear definition of the problem
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What is meant by the term measure in DMAIC
Clarifying the problem through measurements
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What is meant by the term analyse in DMAIC
Spreadsheets, process maps, charts and statistical analysis to better understand a problem
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What limits the measurement process?
Tools we use and human error
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What is meant by the term precision?
The closeness of two measurements to each other
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What is meant by the term accuracy?
How close results are to the true value
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Precision & Accuracy
Measurements can be precise but not accurate, precise and accurate or note precise or not accurate
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3 tools we can use to help design and improve process flow
SIPOC diagram Value Stream Process Map
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SIPOC Meaning
Supplier Input Process Outcomes Customer
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Why draw a SIPOC?
Helps define important factors, especially at the start of a project
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Value Stream Map ...
Shows the sequence of steps including delays that one associated with a process. Can be used to identify & analyse value added and non value added & steps.
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How are delays shown in a value stream map?
Using a shape similar to "D"
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Basic flow of a Value Stream Map
Left to right & logical sequence
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Value Added Activities
Those that add customer value. Defined from a customer perspective not management
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How does a process map differ from a value stream map?
Process map includes more detail
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Kanban Diagram
Visual display of the steps in a process and location of process units or people as they flow through the system
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Which company proposed the concepts of the Seven Wastes?
Toyota
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What are the Seven Wastes?
Transportation Inventory Motion Waiting Over Processing Over Production Defects
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Three types of inventory
Incoming In Process Finished Goods