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Category Archives: Lean

14Apr/15

Mistake Proofing – The Foul Pole in Baseball

April 14, 2015Leanlean, mistake proofing, poka-yoke, respect every individual, respect for peopleEddie Perez-Ruberte

What is mistake proofing?  Well, mistake-proofing to me (poka-yoke is the japanese term generally associated with this) is to make it impossible for someone to make a mistake.  Let’s talk about whatRead More…

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27Feb/15

Relevant Tweets from #SHS2015

February 27, 2015Lean, Six Sigma#shs2015Eddie Perez-Ruberte

Last week, I attended the #SHS2015 conference (Healthcare Systems Process Improvement Conference).  It was great, just as I expected.  This event continues to improve year after year.  This was my first yearRead More…

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23Dec/14
TheoryofConstraints

Theory of Constraints

December 23, 2014Lean, Six Sigmalean, lean six sigma, six sigma, theory of constraintsEddie Perez-Ruberte

These days of Healthcare reform are requiring organizations to look at their existing processes and improve them.  We sometimes hear words like “efficiency” or “productivity” following the “improve” piece.  In my interactionsRead More…

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03Dec/14

Box 3 Thinking

December 3, 2014Lean, Six Sigmainnovation, lean, lean innovation, lean six sigma, six sigmaEddie Perez-Ruberte

Today’s post is not my average post talking about lean concepts and examples of how I see these concepts used in industries ranging from manufacturing to healthcare, nonprofits and government. Today I want toRead More…

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12Nov/14
Communication for Lean Success

We can never have too much communication

November 12, 2014Lean, Six Sigmachange, change management, communication, lean, lean six sigma, six sigmaEddie Perez-Ruberte

What are the three foundational elements of successful change?  Communication, communication, communication. In any continuous improvement culture, there is change, and hopefully a lot of it.  In fact, kaizen, in Japanese means “goodRead More…

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22Oct/14

Taking the name of Standardization in vain

October 22, 2014Leanlean, lean six sigma, six sigma, standard work, standardization, standardized, value, wasteEddie Perez-Ruberte

I am a big proponent of standardization.  In fact, I often call it “my one-string banjo”.  When I made the move from the aerospace industry to healthcare, I was appalled at theRead More…

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01Oct/14
Value

Adding Value: The Three C’s

October 1, 2014Leanlean, lean six sigma, lean value, six sigma, six sigma value, six sigma waste, value, wasteEddie Perez-Ruberte

This is the second part of the post I started last week about Adding Value. Last week we talked about how to recognize waste and the seven (or nine) waste categories.  IfRead More…

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10Sep/14
The Seven Wastes

Adding Value: Recognizing Waste

September 10, 2014Leanlean, lean six sigma, nine wastes, seven wastes, six sigma, value, wasteEddie Perez-Ruberte

This is Part 1 of a two-part post about how to identify value, and  its nemesis: waste.  If you want to jump ahead and find out how you can determine value, readRead More…

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13Aug/14

No substitute for the gemba

August 13, 2014Leangemba, process mapEddie Perez-Ruberte

“gemba”, like many terms used in the Lean philosophy, is a Japanese word. gemba     noun : the real place; the place where the action is; used in business to refer to theRead More…

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16Jul/14

Not even Major League Baseball is above “Resistance to Change”

July 16, 2014Lean, Six Sigma#changemanagement, change, change management, lean, resistance to change, six sigmaEddie Perez-Ruberte

Here I am watching the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Minneapolis and as they interviewed Commissioner Bud Selig about his legacy (he is set to retire in January 2015), he said:Read More…

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